Pinky’s remains now rest in the Chacarita cemetery in the city of Buenos Aires. After his death last Thursday at the age of 87, his closest family circle said their last goodbyes at the funeral which took place this Sunday at noon.
In a very intimate and simple ceremony in which his son Gastón was presenttogether with his wife and two children (Miranda and Isidoro), grandchildren of Pinky, the hearse entered the cemetery at around 11:30 accompanied by two cars.
In addition to his closest relatives, who gave their gift in this last farewell, were also the radical leaders Rodolfo Terragno and Juan Farizanomanager of Elsa’s electoral campaign Lidia Satragno campaign for mayor of La Matanza by the Alliance in 1999.
After a formal and austere answer in the Chacarita chapel, and although it was assumed that it could enter the Pantheon of Actors, Pinky’s remains have been deposited in an alcove.
The memory of my friend Terragno
Terragno remembered Pinky very fondly. She said that she has always considered her part of her family and that she has known her since she was 16, when I had a student literary magazine and they interviewed her on Canale 7 as a journalist.
The former UCR MP recounted that, during his exile in the 1970s, he was one of two people who continually sent him letters telling him about the political situation in that Argentina governed by the military.
“This made our relationship much closer when I returned to Raúl Alfonsín’s governmentTerragno revealed. “And I’ll tell you how to counter the idea that driving 24 hours through the Malvinas with Cacho Fontana meant joining the military regime. It was the complete opposite. He did it as a service, because he was against the regime“, held.
Terragno also recalled Pinky’s disappointment when she was elected deputy, because He had many ideas and proposals and none of them were successful.. And that for this reason he ended up retiring from political activity.
The death of the “television lady”
It should be remembered that this Saturday Pinky was veiled in a closed drawer in the Sala dei Passi Perduti of the Buenos Aires Legislature, in a funeral that lasted from 12:00 to nine in the evening, with access allowed to the public.
There it was learned that Azucena, Pinky and Raquel’s older sister, had died on Mondayarrived first at the vigil yesterday accompanied by her daughter, the journalist Kari Araujo together with her husband.
Kari was also this Sunday in the last farewell to Chacarita.
In the Legislature, even in the afternoon There was Lidia’s other brother. And his son Gastón and his grandchildren. Leanderthe other son of Pinky and Raúl Lavié, He died in 2019 and his remains also rest in the Chacarita cemetery.
Pinky’s death was announced at 1pm Thursday and rocked the country. The beloved radio and television media figure got cancer several years ago and lived in her house opposite the Botanical, where her son Gastón found her lifeless this Thursday at noon.
Little finger She was a journalist, actress, model, TV presenter and also a politician: was candidate for mayor of the La Matanza party in 1999 for the Alianza, e in 2007 she was elected national deputy for the province of Buenos Aires of the PRO Union.
The presenter of the color TV
was the star of a historic event which marked a milestone in his career on May 1, 1980when he was in charge of broadcasting in which color was inaugurated on Argentine television on the renamed state channel Argentina Televisora Color (ATC).
His impeccable voice, elegance, excellent vocabulary and handling of the craft have allowed him to dominate the cameras like very few. At times, that same personality has tried to avoid his pains (physical and spiritual).. She was able to overcome the cruelty of cancer in the 80s, she was rarely seen in a media scandal.
Lately they have seen her dejected, due to her poor health. Before her was thrombosis and COPD, the product of many years of cigarette smoking, which forced her to confine herself to her iconic apartment on República Arabe Syria street.
Another physical relapse forced her to stay in an institution for a period, where she found herself, after more than thirty years, with her old TV presenter partner, “Cacho” Fontana.
“I suffered from stability problems, I had crashed several times. It was Cacho who came looking for me together with the owner of the clinic. Maybe I would have died if they hadn’t helped me“, He thanked.
Source: Clarin
