"Por qué llora la tarde" (originally performed by Brazilian Antonio Marcos) was known in the Reyes version for its chorus "The afternoon is crying and it's because of you", becoming a radio hit that year.

The success of the character allowed him to attend as a guest on stellar television programs of the time such as Viva el lunes.

[5][6][7][8] Claudio Reyes died around 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, 2024, as a result of a heart attack while he was celebrating a friend's birthday.

Supposedly she frequented him on the Chilefilms recording sets and as a result he was separated from his work by director Vicente Sabatini, and, according to Reyes, banned from the television series for life.

His own son, José Reyes Rojas, publicly called him out by saying that it was not the first time he had done it, and that he thought he had not been wrong "in marking my distance from a far-right fanatic".