The entertainer and TV host Héctor Larrea stressed this Thursday that Pinky, who died this afternoon at the age of 87, “was in the most important moments in the history of Argentine television“.
“Pinky is a special character, He’s not just another media figure. and, if I may afford a cliché, I will say that she is synonymous with television”Larrea told Télam Radio.
The creator of the radio classic very fastwho ended a remarkable six-decade career in December 2020, emphasized that Pinky “was a woman with authority for the cameraand the camera loved her and responded with that grandeur that she gave to television interventions.”
In the same sense, Larrea reflected that the cheerleader “She was a very responsible woman professionally, which was culturally refined with great care, because he knew he had to offer people solidity of communication and he obtained it by studying, reading a lot and carrying out his work with great dignity. It was frankly a sideshow to see Pinky on TV.”
Word of Fernando Bravo
Fernando Bravo, a colleague of Pinky and Larrea, also consulted by Télam Radio, said of Lidia Elsa Satragno -this is Pinky’s real name- that “it was a real cornerstone of what was the world of communication and the work of radio and television announcers and hosts”.
The successful radio host acknowledged that “Pinky has offered the best in many years of stay and has also marked a path. He was a true beacon, like Cacho (Fontana) and Antonio Carrizo”Well summarized.
The one chosen to inaugurate color TV
The news of Pinky’s death, this December 8, shook the tranquility of the holiday and it saddened its huge legion of radio listeners and television viewers. And, of course, his colleagues. For being a key figure in the media, was chosen to usher in color television 42 years ago.
At that point – the necessary technology came much later than in many countries, but here it was still experienced as a huge national milestone -, Lidia Elsa Satragno has had a solid career as a communicator. And, as host, she played the one who painted a palette of colors on good old black and white TV.
“And how do I control the emotion, if I’m here to say hello to an old friend? I have to say goodbye to black and white television (…) Ladies and gentlemen, here is color television”Lidia Satragno said that day in a speech that aroused emotion and colors, while the flag waved between one situation and another.
Source: Telam
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