[1] In 2007 he was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer and had to retire from show business in order to seek surgery and treatment.
[6] On his birthday in 2009, a gathering held in his honor was arranged by Adal Ramones and attended by his many friends.
[7][8] Because of his ill health, Saval was unable to attend, but a video connection was established between his home and the gathering.
[1][7][9] He died on June 23, 2009, one day after his 53rd birthday, after a three-year battle with cancer of the larynx, which he attributed to his smoking.
His screen debut was in the 1976 film El esperado amor desesperado with Sonia Furi and Ofelia Guilmain,[12] and late in the 70s he performed in theater with his mother.