When Cacho Fontana died, he left just a day after his ex-partner Liliana Caldini

It was enough that this Tuesday ((5 July) the news of Cacho Fontana’s death – at the age of 90 – was known and it was impossible not to think of a curious fact … (of destiny?): that yesterday (Monday 4 July), at the age of 70, the former model and actress Liliana Caldini, his ex-wife and mother of his daughters, the twins Ludmila and Antonella, died.

Caldini had become famous at the age of 18, when he was acting in a famous one Chesterfield cigarette advertisement. danced to the rhythm of the song tremblinga Donald classic. In this way it entered the popular memory of Argentina.

In a miniskirt, high boots, shirt attached to the body, it was enough to arrange her silky blond hair in front of the mirror to hypnotize a country with that warning. “The waves and the wind, and the cold of the sea …” that catchy theme played in the background as the girl lit a cigarette and danced in her living room. The camera immediately fell in love with that face of her.

A love story to be confirmed

It all started in the early 70’s. He had interviewed her that beautiful 17-year-old blonde model and actress as a member of The Bellsthe familiar streak that took over the Sundays at noon those years. Cacho had just separated from Beba Bidart; I was 38 years old.

In a short time they became THE media couple par excellence. One piece of information serves to gauge how far they led the celebrity rankings long before we called them celebrities: Fontana was the character chosen by the magazine People for your first cap.

Sure, rumors about their relationship came and went, until entertainment journalist Valentina (synonymous with gossip) dropped the bomb.: Cacho Fontana and Liliana Caldini got married in Italy, was the title. “Yes, we’re dating,” she agreed. And immediately she announced: “I am leaving the profession. I have no vocation. I am Cacho’s wife and I want to protect our privacy as something sacred. We had to fight a lot for this and now we have to defend it ”.

Six years will pass when Fontana drops another bomb, this time himself, and through his great friend Pinky: “In a few months I will become a father. I’m crazy with happiness and I want him to be a boy ”. Good, in reality they were (not one, two!) women: the twins Ludmila and Antonella.

And since “everything finally ends” (sang Vox Dei), at the beginning of 1982 Caldini admitted: “I’m not in love with Cacho. They have been almost perfect 12 years but the crisis is very seriousAnd he said: “I’m about to turn 50, I’m in a professional crisis. Liliana is 30 and even women of that age are in crisis “.

Love after love

After 12 years of marriage, and after being a figure on the covers of magazines, she demoted her career and worked as a producer for the famous pilot. In a recent interview with The nation said they had “a barbaric relationship” and that over the years they became “good friends”. She also admitted that she was willing to return to TV and was encouraged to talk about the death.

“I’m afraid of dying in pain”, he confessed recently. “Attention, I wouldn’t like to live for many years either. I would like to live as long as I can take care of myself.”

“If (with Cacho) we hadn’t had the girls, the contacts would have been interrupted, but having two daughters together, we were always in contact. And then, with the two grandchildren, I won’t even tell you. And then, since Ludmila lives abroad and Antonella works a lot, sometimes I take on some roles to be close to him if he needs something. “

The grandchildren, “the best in my life”

“Grandchildren are the best thing that ever happened to me. They are my hostesses and my movers, “she added wistfully.” When I refuse, they are there. They are in my mind and in my heart. Lucas is 22 and is studying Economics; Joaquín, 21, plays soccer and recently moved to Miami. I miss him terribly. “

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CJL