The news shook the country: the little finger is deadThe beloved radio and television media figure had cancer several years ago and lived in her home across from the Botanical, where her son Gastón found her lifeless this noon.
His real name was Lydia Elsa Satragno, but everyone knew her by her stage nickname. She was journalist, actress, model, TV presenter and politician: She was candidate for mayor of the La Matanza party in 1999 for Alianza, and in 2007 she was elected national deputy for the province of Buenos Aires for Unión PRO.
a successful career
The nickname Pinky was given to her by her colleague Trudy Tinky Tomis, when she was a model, due to her very pink skin. In 1956 she made her debut on television, and then a brief period in the cinema, where she made her debut in The fall by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. He participated in several commercials and in 1958 he hosted his own program Good morning Pinky.
Very early in her career, she was anointed ‘Woman of the Year’ twice, most recently in 1961.
A historical fact was that on Thursday, May 1, 1980, it was commissioned to make the “transfer” from black and white to color television in Argentina, inaugurating the public signal under the name of Argentina Televisora Color (ATC).
He has starred in television cycles such as Incontro delle donne, Don Camilo in Russia, Pinkypátikas, Good Night Pinky, Miss Broadway, We, Incommunicado, Teleonce Informa, The People want to know, Pinky at night, Very Feminine, Pinky flavoured, Pinky and the news, English with humor , Pinky and Fontana himself, Argentina in the 2000s, 60s, 70s, 80s, Pinky and art, Teledós Informa, Telepinky, It seems like yesterday Y The conversation.
In 1982, together with Jorge “Cacho” Fontana, he hosted the program The 24 hours of Malvinaswhere donations were received.
Your private life
In 1960 he forms a sentimental couple with the actor and the director Emiliano Arinowith whom he has not married, although they had already planned everything, including the honeymoon in Bariloche.
He later got married Raúl Laviewith whom he had two sons: Gastón and Leonardo, who died in 2019.
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Source: Clarin
