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Cris Morena’s Moving Tribute to Romina Yan on What Would Have Been Her 52nd Birthday: “My Guide, My Beacon and My Light”

From Clarín · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Producer Cris Morena honored her late daughter, actress Romina Yan, on what would have been Yan’s 52nd birthday with a series of photos and memories on Instagram.
  • The tribute included images from Yan’s family life and acting career, accompanied by the song “Romina” from a 2018 stage production created in her memory.
  • Friends and colleagues, including Diego Topa, Benjamín Rojas and Maru Botana, joined the messages of remembrance.

Cris Morena remembered her daughter Romina Yan with a deeply personal Instagram tribute on the day the actress would have turned 52. The producer shared a carousel of photographs spanning Yan’s life, career and family memories.

You are in my heart every second of my life. You are my guide, my beacon and my light. You are the presence of our absence, as Azul says.

· Cris MorenaMorena’s dedication to her daughter accompanied the Instagram tribute.

The post opened with the words “One day you arrived, Romina,” alongside a portrait of the actress. Other images showed Yan with her father, Gustavo Yankelevich, and her brother, Tomás, as well as with casts from Chiquititas. Morena also included photographs of Yan with her three children and scenes from the series Amor mío and B&B, where she starred with Damián De Santo. Memories of her work with Diego Topa on Playhouse Disney also appeared.

The collages were set to “Romina,” a song from ViveRO, the stage production Morena presented at Buenos Aires’ Gran Rex theater in 2018 in memory of her daughter. The tribute closed with a Polaroid-style photograph of Yan and another image of mother and daughter together.

Happy birthday, my little girl.

· Cris MorenaThe message appeared at the end of the photo carousel.

“Happy birthday, my little girl,” Morena wrote at the end of the carousel. In a longer dedication, she added, “You are in my heart every second of my life. You are my guide, my beacon and my light. You are the presence of our absence, as Azul says.” She concluded: “We are what we dream, as you and I always used to say. Happy birthday, beautiful daughter. You are and always will be in me.”

Unforgettable Romi.

· Benjamín RojasRojas responded to Morena’s tribute with a message and a heart emoji.

Yan died at 36 after becoming ill outside a gym in Martínez on Sept. 28, 2010. She was taken to the Hospital Central de San Isidro, where doctors tried to revive her for nearly an hour. Her death was attributed to cardiac arrest caused by an aneurysm. Messages from family friends and colleagues followed Morena’s post, including tributes from Benjamín Rojas, Diego Topa and Maru Botana.

Happy birthday in heaven, an eternal embrace for the family.

· Diego TopaTopa was among the colleagues who commented on the post.
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Originally published by Clarín in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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