(filmed in 2003; released in 2004) as Chuck Manetta Lustre (filmed in 2003; released in 2005) as Hugo (final film role) Later years Shortly before his death, Argo realized a lifelong dream of performing on Broadway when he was cast as Santiago, the owner of a cigar factory, in the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Anna in the Tropics. In his last on-screen role, in the independent film Lustre by director Art Jones, Argo portrayed a New York City loan shark who retreats from his everyday, hard-nosed rants to a deeply spiritual disconnect from the world. The film was released in 2005. Argo died in New York City at Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center on April 7, 2004 from complications of lung cancer at age 69. His body was donated to Manhattan College for medical science. In 2005, Electronic music group Bodega System released a 12" vinyl LP which includes the track "Victor Argo". See also List of Puerto Ricans References External links What You Saw Him In (Movie Morlocks on Victor Argo) 1934 births 2004 deaths People from the Bronx Male actors from New York City American male film actors American male television actors Deaths from lung cancer in New York (state) American people of Puerto Rican descent American male stage actors 21st-century American male actors 20th-century American male actors