Question: Facts: - death place: puerto princesa , palawan , philippines - birth name: ricardo carlos castro yan - yearsactive: 1995 -- 2002 - death date: 29 march 2002 - othername: corics , ric , mr. dimple - birth date: 14 march 1975 - name: ricardo carlos castro yan - birth place: pasig city , metro manila , philippines - occupation: actor , host , model , businessman , spokesperson Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rico yan .
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rico yan -lrb- ; born ricardo carlos castro yan ; march 14 , 1975 -- march 29 , 2002 -rrb- was a filipino matinee idol , model , film and television actor , host , spokesperson and entrepreneur .yan graduated from de la salle university in 1997 with a degree in marketing management .he was the first official youth spokesman for the department of education culture and sports in 1998 , touring the philippines for free to promote education among youths .as well as establishing pinoy yan movement , a non-profit organization that aims to make young people stay in school and value education .he assisted the are you a forest king ?foundation , visiting many schools to promote the importance of tree growth .yan was also the first philippine national red cross pledge 25 spokesperson in 1999 .he was an alumnus of star circle batch 1 now abs-cbn 's star magic in november 1995 .he started as commercial model under cosmopolitan modeling agency and then became an actor .he was discovered while falling in line in one of the fast food in his school de la salle university when a talent scout asked him if he wanted to be a commercial model .though surprised , yan auditioned and got the part of his first television commercial debut in 1995 .his preppy rich persona was used to effect in subsequent films such as radio romance , ama , ina , anak and madrasta .after several television and movie parts , yan became a household name when he played ricky salveron on '' gimik '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- and gabriel maglayon on '' mula sa puso '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- .he had then spawned highly rated television shows amongst these are '' mara clara '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , sang linggo napo sila '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , '' saan ka man naroroon '' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- , '' magandang tanghali bayan '' -lrb- 2001 -rrb- and '' whattamen '' -lrb- 2001 -rrb- .yan 's remarkable films in star cinema add '' paano ang puso ko ? ''-lrb- 1997 -rrb- , '' kay tagal kang hinintay '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , '' dahil mahal na mahal kita '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , ' -lrb-...