as actresses, show hosts and producers. Perhaps ironically, Dana married Luisito Vigoreaux during the 1990s, linking Miró with the family of his old competitor, Luis Vigoreaux. Illness and tax problems In 2003, Eddie Miró was diagnosed with colon cancer. He refused to take time off work, keeping on his daily schedule of hosting "El Show de las 12" even as he had cancer. Former Puerto Rico governor Rafael Hernández Colón's spouse, and Raymond Dalmau became spokespersons for the testing and prevention of colon cancer in Puerto Rico once Miró announced his recovery. In January 2005, shortly after celebrating forty years of El Show de las 12 on the air, Eddie Miró was told the show could not continue on longer, due in part to the changes in Telemundo Puerto Rico's production department. The usually-cool Miró went on a radio station and angrily declared that he was not rich, calling Telemundo Puerto Rico's producer, Tony Mojena, the station's "golden boy". He and his wife Juanita "Ita" Medina, a former dancer and choreographer, were later charged with tax evasion by the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury. After a plea bargain, Miró pled guilty to a minor tax evasion charge in early 2008, while given the chance to pay his tax debt and associated fines. See also List of Puerto Ricans References 1935 births Living people American people of Sephardic-Jewish descent American television talk show hosts People from Humacao, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican male actors Puerto Rican comedians Puerto Rican television personalities United States Army soldiers