The guy on the left, that's Robi Draco Rosa, former Menudo star, and now a respected musician in his own right. Lately he's been busy battling a non-Hodgkins form of cancer. We're all praying for his speedy recovery here Puerto Rico.
@Wallylex Yes that;s Robi "Draco" Rosa, they made the movie "Salsa" together...that's where that picture coming from! I just saw an Interview in "Primer Impacto" they did to Draco last year (maybe 5 months ago) and hi is doing great. He is going to win that fight. God bless him!!!!
Wow! I was hanging out with an old friend and we were talking about the old neighborhood and Rodney's name came up. I had no idea he became an actor and met an untimely death. I had to do a google search to see what more I can find out him. I'm not a movie buff and I don't believe I ever saw any of his movies. He was about 4 months older than me and he looked so different when we were kids.
Funny story: I first met Rodney in the Frances Reed school yard. I don't remember what the scuffle was about, but we were going at it toe to toe. So I guess you all wanna know who won the fist fight…huh? Well, my mom freaked out when I came home bloody and bruised. I don't know how the news traveled and we didn't even know each other, but the next day Rodney came by my house to apologize. I moved away from South Philly when I was about 14 so I didn't know anything about him beyond that.
"Mi amigo Rodney....Rodney...en heroina...Rodney...en heroina" ... When I was a kid I remember seen the commercial of him back in Puerto Rico...I always tough it was a fake commecial till now...RIP Rodney Harvey, thanks to you and a great campaign against drugs in Puerto Rico I stay away from drugs.
Very nice tribute. There is a E True Hollywood story on Rodney Harvey called Poisoned Dreams..and it is unavailable if any 1 can download it that would be great it was like season 3 episode 57 ..not enough about him!
My heart goes out to you ixdivagrlx and your family. He was an awesome actor and model. In life everyone makes some kind of mistake. The thing is that no1 should judge your cousin. I love the role he played in the movie "Salsa". This was one of the best movies that I saw in the 80s. The dancing,and the singing etc... Rodney was full of talent. I'm glad that I saw his movie and learned a lot about Rodney. In my eyes he was a wonderful actor. So thank you for posting this video.
Hi- I knew Rodney from working on the movie "Salsa". Great guy, kind soul. Smile that lit up the room, eyes that could make anyone melt. R.I.P., "brah".
not wasting time at all. rodney was a sweetheart no matter what was going on in his personal life. the last time i saw or talked to him was a few months before he passed. to see him he was skinny and his face was sunken in, but he was still as loveable as he ever was. i wanted to cry, and hug him.
pay no attention to the 'don't waste your time comment' . rodney was a sweetheart no matter what was going on in his life. i saw him back in philly a few months before he passed. he was skinny and sunken in looking but still friendly, still rodney. i just wanted to hug him.
Wow! He would be 42 today had He lived. Just a Year Younger than Me. Great Video tribute. Thank God for the Movies huh? Just bought ''Salsa''. RIP Mr. Rodney Harvey.
I grew up with Rodney , in South Philly, we were friends from the age of 10, he came from a big family, His brother Ed,Uncle Joey, cousins Bruce and Chris, so many more, such a cool person always, so young so sad,I will never forget him, RIP Rodney..
just to let u noe rodney was an amazing person in real life..he was my 1st cousin and i really am thankful that someone made this video..even tho my cousin got caught up in the wrong stuff he was an amazing actor and an amazing person so if u say the person that made this video wasted there time they didnt u just wasted ur time commenting on it because people like u have no life.
Hey people do this with actors or musicians all the time. I idolized him as a kid, he was on one of my fav. t.v. shows, the Outsiders. I did not know him personally, however my father's best friend was a cameraman on the Outsiders set, and did know him well. He said aside from his addiction that he had a super personality, and he really liked the guy. My dad's friend doesn't say that of all actors.
i knew rodney when he came to get straight at the recovery house i was running in philadelphia, he was really a cool dude, alas,, the streets called him back after just a brief taste of sobriety.he was dead soon after. i remember him well and knew if he could stay straight he would have been a superstar. dope is such a fucking hearbreaker!
he was a lost soul, I remember him as I went for friend to a family week at one of the last major rehabs he did. what was a trip was to see the real story and read the crap that was being put out on him that was hyping him as an guy that likes intellecutal girls and one to watch. and there he was recovering from speedballing and beating up his then famous girlfriend who shall remain nameless. but deep down he was just sad kid who was only family was his managers who saw him as a commodity
wow i also just find out after watching salsa after 18 years again on youtube....man i looked up to this kid. i wanted to be and look like him after watching salsa......pffffffffffffffff so so soooooooooooooo sad.......
My god, he was just gorgeous. There is no better word to describe the way he looked. It is REALLY a shame he got mixed up in the drugs. He had so much going for him and a future. He blew it.
what are waste of talent and the "look" !! too bad mate too bad !!
i just a watched a song clip "margarita " from the motion picture "salsa" ..i thought how come no one ever spoke of him ..he could have been a big star if he was still around.. didn't know he had died decades ago.. R.I.P buddy ..
''A man is much more than the worst thing he's ever done." ~ John Kani
Rodney was a very charming man, as well as a good actor. Unfortunately his will power wasn't strong enough to conquer his addictions, that doesn't make him a bad person, weak maybe, but not bad. Sorry you feel differently.
"It did not feel like something that was going to take over my life and destroy it. It felt like a subtle flower instead of a manipulative demon. That's the mystery of heroin." ~Corey Feldman
4:26-4:28
The guy on the left, that's Robi Draco Rosa, former Menudo star, and now a respected musician in his own right. Lately he's been busy battling a non-Hodgkins form of cancer. We're all praying for his speedy recovery here Puerto Rico.
Wallylex 2 months ago
@Wallylex Yes that;s Robi "Draco" Rosa, they made the movie "Salsa" together...that's where that picture coming from! I just saw an Interview in "Primer Impacto" they did to Draco last year (maybe 5 months ago) and hi is doing great. He is going to win that fight. God bless him!!!!
glendalyss 2 months ago
cuando tenia 7 años era mi amor platónico ahora tengo 30 años me pregunto porque tubo que morir, maldita droga, dencansa en paz Rodney ....
lisa30481 4 months ago
RIP Rodney.
fjsf71 6 months ago
Wow! I was hanging out with an old friend and we were talking about the old neighborhood and Rodney's name came up. I had no idea he became an actor and met an untimely death. I had to do a google search to see what more I can find out him. I'm not a movie buff and I don't believe I ever saw any of his movies. He was about 4 months older than me and he looked so different when we were kids.
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PetePuzzle 6 months ago
Funny story: I first met Rodney in the Frances Reed school yard. I don't remember what the scuffle was about, but we were going at it toe to toe. So I guess you all wanna know who won the fist fight…huh? Well, my mom freaked out when I came home bloody and bruised. I don't know how the news traveled and we didn't even know each other, but the next day Rodney came by my house to apologize. I moved away from South Philly when I was about 14 so I didn't know anything about him beyond that.
PetePuzzle 6 months ago
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"Mi amigo Rodney....Rodney...en heroina...Rodney...en heroina" ... When I was a kid I remember seen the commercial of him back in Puerto Rico...I always tough it was a fake commecial till now...RIP Rodney Harvey, thanks to you and a great campaign against drugs in Puerto Rico I stay away from drugs.
wgzayasortiz 9 months ago 2
que bello era ♥
lastima q entro al mundo de las drogas :(
Gilyization 10 months ago
Very nice tribute. There is a E True Hollywood story on Rodney Harvey called Poisoned Dreams..and it is unavailable if any 1 can download it that would be great it was like season 3 episode 57 ..not enough about him!
crazycat460 1 year ago
My heart goes out to you ixdivagrlx and your family. He was an awesome actor and model. In life everyone makes some kind of mistake. The thing is that no1 should judge your cousin. I love the role he played in the movie "Salsa". This was one of the best movies that I saw in the 80s. The dancing,and the singing etc... Rodney was full of talent. I'm glad that I saw his movie and learned a lot about Rodney. In my eyes he was a wonderful actor. So thank you for posting this video.
foxfirestube 1 year ago
He was great in the Salsa movie from 1988!
So sad what drugs make people do.
Hopefully he didn't completely go to waste and people learned from him.
Don't do drugs people!
KB8LA 1 year ago
I really enjoyed the movie Salsa. That was the first time I saw Rodney. So sad what happened to him. He was so young. R.I.P Rodney.
foxfirestube 1 year ago 4
@EmoreButts why not join him with drugs hehehehehehe! loser ass junkie....he copped off the streets heheheheehee! what a junkie piece of shit
sylicone221 1 year ago
moc krasny skoda krasy tvare a co jeho rodice lidi
buznaify 1 year ago
moc krasny
buznaify 1 year ago
je se nemohu spamatovat s toho nemohu uverit skoda krasna tvar a co jeho rodice lidi
buznaify 1 year ago
:( miss his dreamy eyes
jojoonutube 1 year ago
Hi- I knew Rodney from working on the movie "Salsa". Great guy, kind soul. Smile that lit up the room, eyes that could make anyone melt. R.I.P., "brah".
BigDanceFan 1 year ago 3
@BigDanceFan Were you one of the cancers?
BufordStone 1 year ago
@BufordStone oops, should say dancers.
BufordStone 1 year ago
@BigDanceFan hehehee.....he is WORM FOOD now hehehehehhee! good riddance,loser junkie hehehehee......
sylicone221 1 year ago
@sylicone221
Did he bang your girl in the ass? You seem jealous as hell. Get some facial surgery and cheer up ;-)
EricAndMusic 1 year ago
@EricAndMusic im female
sylicone221 1 year ago
@sylicone221 shut up, moron
downjones72 1 year ago
not wasting time at all. rodney was a sweetheart no matter what was going on in his personal life. the last time i saw or talked to him was a few months before he passed. to see him he was skinny and his face was sunken in, but he was still as loveable as he ever was. i wanted to cry, and hug him.
phillybrbr 1 year ago 2
pay no attention to the 'don't waste your time comment' . rodney was a sweetheart no matter what was going on in his life. i saw him back in philly a few months before he passed. he was skinny and sunken in looking but still friendly, still rodney. i just wanted to hug him.
phillybrbr 1 year ago
Nice - great, haunting song
downjones72 1 year ago
GRRRR drugs are shits River Phoenix died so young :( and now Rodney Harvey :(
LovelyPennyLane 1 year ago
why didnt this guys death make news?? yet dj am's does? why??
candikayne334 2 years ago 2
@MyGoldielocks
Cause he took heroin. You could end up dying if you take heroin you know....
sluv2600 2 years ago
R.I.P my love <3
gypsydonna 2 years ago
Another classy tribute to a wonderful person.
RIP buddy!!
nubear1a 2 years ago
Wow! He would be 42 today had He lived. Just a Year Younger than Me. Great Video tribute. Thank God for the Movies huh? Just bought ''Salsa''. RIP Mr. Rodney Harvey.
nubianprince1985 2 years ago 2
I just can't understand why Rodney Harvey did Heroin in the first place ?
why why
wsdasda 2 years ago
what a waste of human life, such a super cutie
orionpk 2 years ago
i miss u cuzzz! gonee but neverr forgotten...thankss forr making me believe in my dream!..watch over me and the familyy...<3
ixdivagrlxi 2 years ago
SHAME! :/
irisstars 2 years ago
R.I.P. SALSA 4 EVER
KINGS1976 2 years ago
2:28 to 2:33
OoOooo BABY!!!! dayum
JanineGarcia 2 years ago
Perfect song choices, RIP Layne Staley
huskiehawk 2 years ago
RIP Rodney Harvey, An then-upcoming and now long forgotten talent gone before his time
saanzacs 2 years ago
Heartbreaking.
11GMB 2 years ago
I grew up with Rodney , in South Philly, we were friends from the age of 10, he came from a big family, His brother Ed,Uncle Joey, cousins Bruce and Chris, so many more, such a cool person always, so young so sad,I will never forget him, RIP Rodney..
Ralph640 2 years ago 2
Really? Сan`t believe...
Jvideostyle 2 years ago
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@Ralph640 he is worm food now hehehehehehee! loser junkie hehehee.......
sylicone221 1 year ago
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downjones72 2 years ago
just to let u noe rodney was an amazing person in real life..he was my 1st cousin and i really am thankful that someone made this video..even tho my cousin got caught up in the wrong stuff he was an amazing actor and an amazing person so if u say the person that made this video wasted there time they didnt u just wasted ur time commenting on it because people like u have no life.
ixdivagrlxi 2 years ago 20
@ixdivagrlxi Thank you. I understand everyone makes mistakes. I am thankful your cousin shared some of his time with us as an actor:)
IWRITELAYNE 1 year ago 6
He was in the outsiders Tv show? who did he play? Soda?
Awh hes cute, such a pity about his death :(
Sengokuislove 2 years ago
Hey people do this with actors or musicians all the time. I idolized him as a kid, he was on one of my fav. t.v. shows, the Outsiders. I did not know him personally, however my father's best friend was a cameraman on the Outsiders set, and did know him well. He said aside from his addiction that he had a super personality, and he really liked the guy. My dad's friend doesn't say that of all actors.
IWRITELAYNE 2 years ago 8
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PetePuzzle 6 months ago
i knew rodney when he came to get straight at the recovery house i was running in philadelphia, he was really a cool dude, alas,, the streets called him back after just a brief taste of sobriety.he was dead soon after. i remember him well and knew if he could stay straight he would have been a superstar. dope is such a fucking hearbreaker!
formerjunkie 2 years ago 10
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@formerjunkie he is worm food now hehehehheheheee! hehehehehee.......
sylicone221 1 year ago
@formerjunkie No doubt! I have lots of friends either dead or hooked and about to be dead from drugs:) Sad lot...
IWRITELAYNE 1 year ago
he was a lost soul, I remember him as I went for friend to a family week at one of the last major rehabs he did. what was a trip was to see the real story and read the crap that was being put out on him that was hyping him as an guy that likes intellecutal girls and one to watch. and there he was recovering from speedballing and beating up his then famous girlfriend who shall remain nameless. but deep down he was just sad kid who was only family was his managers who saw him as a commodity
YourMadTourGuide 2 years ago
@YourMadTourGuide why did he stop getting work in acting if he was such a commodity...and the girlfriends name was roxanna zal! hehehheeeee
sylicone221 1 year ago
wow i also just find out after watching salsa after 18 years again on youtube....man i looked up to this kid. i wanted to be and look like him after watching salsa......pffffffffffffffff so so soooooooooooooo sad.......
esmalinarayane 2 years ago
wow.. im probably as shocked as most of you.. i just looked up the movie Salsa and saw this.. how terrible! i had a huge crush on him =[
iiqOtsOLe23 2 years ago
My god, he was just gorgeous. There is no better word to describe the way he looked. It is REALLY a shame he got mixed up in the drugs. He had so much going for him and a future. He blew it.
steadybeau 2 years ago
what are waste of talent and the "look" !! too bad mate too bad !!
i just a watched a song clip "margarita " from the motion picture "salsa" ..i thought how come no one ever spoke of him ..he could have been a big star if he was still around.. didn't know he had died decades ago.. R.I.P buddy ..
kennylondon123 2 years ago
Only just found out he died. Shit. Sadly, it's not suprising though. Didn't he do heroin with Phoenix on the set of Idaho? So sad. RIP.
Cookisdwewe 2 years ago 2
Damn, I had no idea he died. Just found out as I looked him up on wikipedia.
Bliss44 2 years ago
there is a wikipedia page for Rodney now.
BobSeger1981 2 years ago
R.I.P i will never forget u.
fatma1981 2 years ago 2
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fatma1981 2 years ago
Aww..that sux..he played sodapop in the outsiders tv series....he was a good actor...
sexysoulreaper 2 years ago
I love Rodney Harvey.......bout time someone posted something.
Jrogers7716 3 years ago
el amor de mi vida!!!!
chiitobeia 3 years ago
RIP
alessiodivini 3 years ago
''A man is much more than the worst thing he's ever done." ~ John Kani
Rodney was a very charming man, as well as a good actor. Unfortunately his will power wasn't strong enough to conquer his addictions, that doesn't make him a bad person, weak maybe, but not bad. Sorry you feel differently.
"It did not feel like something that was going to take over my life and destroy it. It felt like a subtle flower instead of a manipulative demon. That's the mystery of heroin." ~Corey Feldman
IWRITELAYNE 3 years ago
He was a great actor!
pruettmemorialsite 3 years ago
You have more Rodney Harvey material than anyone on the web! I am a fan also..please don't take these down!
cmarx222 3 years ago 2
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cmarx222 3 years ago
This music is radical~! Who is it?
MattieCooper 3 years ago
The band was Mad Season, the first song is Long Gone Day, the 2nd song is River of Deceit. Check 'em out, they were a bad ass band!
IWRITELAYNE 3 years ago