Ricardo Carlos Castro Yan (March 14, 1975 – March 29, 2002) was a Filipino matinee idol, model and actor. He was under an exclusive contract in the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Network. Yan was a member of ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown talents named Star Magic. He graduated from De La Salle University-Manila, with a degree in Business Management. He was a Youth Spokesman for the Department of Education before he died, touring the Philippines for free to ...
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Ricardo Carlos Castro Yan (March 14, 1975 – March 29, 2002) was a Filipino matinee idol, model and actor. He was under an exclusive contract in the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Network. Yan was a member of ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown talents named Star Magic. He graduated from De La Salle University-Manila, with a degree in Business Management. He was a Youth Spokesman for the Department of Education before he died, touring the Philippines for free to promote education among youths. He was an image model and entrepreneur as well. Rico also established "Pinoy 'Yan!" a non-profit organization that aims to make young people stay in school and value education.
He assisted the "Are You a Forest King" foundation wherein he went to a lot of schools promoting tree growth. He also built up a lot of restaurants, one of which is "Tequila Joes".
He died of cardiac arrest due to acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis while asleep at the age of 27, the day after shooting a television commercial for Talk n' Text...
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