Edith Gonzalez's cause of death revealed by her family: read the full statement

The sad news of Edith Gonzalez's death was confirmed via a statement by the actress' family. As was suspected, her loss was related to a recurrence of the ovarian cancer diagnosed in 2016.

In the early hours of June 13, the first unconfirmed reports of the telenovela stars passing began to spread.

The actress' family said in a heartfelt statement: "Her death was caused by a sudden deterioration of her health due to a recurrence of the cancer she was diagnosed with three years ago."