After being hospitalized a few weeks ago, Antonio Fernández, better known as Tony Leblanc Jr., died this Tuesday, June 13, at the age of 71 in Alicante. A piece of news that Santiago Segura announced on Twitter, and that was later confirmed by the El Cierre Digital outlet.
He was the eldest of the eight children of the well-known Madrid actor and filmmaker Tony Leblanc, along with his wife Isabel Páez de la Torre. Since he was little, he did not hesitate to enter the world of acting, just like his mother. Although one of his most important tasks was his vindication of the works of his late father, which he always kept in mind, since he was willing to fight for his legacy.
"I receive with pain the news of the death of Toni Leblanc Jr. I have rarely met a kinder and more affectionate person. All my love to his family (which I consider a bit mine). Goodbye, friend." With these words a few hours ago Santiago Segura fired one of his great friends.
And it is the same Segura who brought father and son together in a film years after they disappeared from the big screen: Torrente. Tony Leblanc Jr. He had the pleasure of appearing with his admired father in Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis and Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas. Something that, without a doubt, marked his life forever.
The admiration that the actor felt for his father was such that he spent a large part of his life fighting for recognition of his career, leaving his acting career aside. In any case, he also had a role in the film El pobre García, which was released in 1961 and was directed and scripted by Leblanc senior. And already in 1957 he made his first steps in the world of cinema with a role in the comedy Los ángeles del volante.
According to the aforementioned newspaper, one of the last events where Tony Leblanc jr. It was on the centenary of the birth of his father held at the Teatro Circo de Albacete. And it is that he was not going to miss one of the most important acts of the comedian.
Already in 2022 he managed to inaugurate the Tony Leblanc Passage on San Mateo street in Madrid. Something that he achieved thanks to his insistence and the tireless fight that he maintained for the memory of his father. “It is a very small street, but more than the size, we care about the recognition of my father. We gave the approval without hesitation and we are very grateful to the Madrid City Council, ”he commented in El Cierre Digital.
"He always had a challenge to overcome. He was very competitive, with everything. He always had to improve the above," Tony Leblanc Jr. commented on his father in Historias de Nuestro Cine de la 2.
