Actress Cindyana Santangelo has died, TMZ reports. She was 58.
According to the outlet, Santangelo was brought to the hospital on Monday after first responders had been called to her home in Malibu. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Her cause of death is still unknown and is currently being investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide division. Citing an advisory from the department, People reports that this is “routinely” done when the cause of death is unknown. According to TMZ, officers had learned Santangelo had gotten cosmetic shots recently at her home.
Santangelo appeared in multiple TV shows over the years, including Married… with Children, ER, CSI: Miami, and The Bo-Bo & Skippy Show, the last of which marked her most recent acting credit on IMDb. With respect to film, she worked on American Tigers (1996), Tequila Express (2002), and Hollywood Homicide (2003).
Prior to her work in TV and film, Santangelo also made a name for herself in music videos, including as a dancer in Young MC’s “Bust A Move” in 1989 and being the voice at the start of Jane’s Addiction’s 1990 hit “Stop.” Her work in the latter led the band’s frontman, Perry Farrell, to refer to her as “the Latin Marilyn Monroe” while speaking with Spin magazine, per People.
Santangelo had seemingly celebrated a birthday within the last week, per an Instagram post from her friend Cynthia Banuelos. Banuelos also mourned the loss of Santangelo on Tuesday, writing that she is “still in shock and disbelief” by the news.
“How can you be gone???” she wrote, in part. “I will feel your presence in every crashing wave, every salty breeze, and every shimmering reflection of the sun on the ocean’s surface. You were my best friend, my wifey, my kindred spirit. The most gorgeous mermaid in human form. Forever drawn to the sea.”