When Tragedy Hits Home: Celebs Who Lost A Sibling
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Iva Anthony
Sofia Vergara
Before she was a well-known actress on the Emmy-winning show “Modern Family” here in the U.S., Sofia Vergara enjoyed a lot of success as the host of two television shows in Columbia. The actress came from a well-to-do family and in her home country, they lived with the fear of being kidnapped and ransomed for money. That fear became a reality when her 27-year-old brother Rafael was kidnapped and murdered on the streets of Bogota in 1998. “In Colombia any person who has money is a target for kidnapping,” Vergara said of her wealthy family. “It’s a reality.”
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