News of obituary

Comedian and actor Enrique Pinti dies aged 82

28-03-2022 13:50 Enrique Pinti, the actor rose to fame as a comedian delivering sharp monologues about the idiosyncrasies of his fellow countrymen before embarking on an extensive career in film, theatre and television, has died at the age of 82.

Former US secretary of state

Former US top diplomat Madeleine Albright dead at 84

23-03-2022 15:56 Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state and one of the most influential stateswomen of her generation, has died of cancer at age 84.

GOLF

Top Argentine golfer Eduardo 'El Gato' Romero dies aged 67

14-02-2022 10:56 Local golfing legend Eduardo Romero died of cancer on Sunday at the age of 67, local media reported, citing a statement from authorities in his hometown.

Ex-FIRST LADY DIES

Lucia Hiriart, widow of Chile's Pinochet, dead at 98

17-12-2021 02:31 Lucia Hiriart, 98, widow of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, died on December 16 at the residence where she lived in the company of all her children and grandchildren.

OBITUARY

Norberto Oyarbide, controversial former judge, dies aged 70

03-09-2021 03:13 Norberto Oyarbide was one of the most controversial judges in Argentina’s history. He died last Wednesday at the age of 70, after spending two months in hospital with double pneumonia produced by coronavirus.

OBITUARY

Charlie Watts: the heartbeat of the Rolling Stones

24-08-2021 14:08 Charlie Watts was known as the quiet man of the scandal-soaked Rolling Stones, keeping the beat for the legendary rock group in his own steady style.

MUSIC

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80

24-08-2021 13:44 Charlie Watts, drummer with legendary British rock'n'roll band The Rolling Stones, has at the age of 80, according to a statement from his publicist.

world

Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld dead at 88

30-06-2021 17:06 Donald Rumsfeld, the cocksure and unrepentant defence secretary who led the United States into war in Iraq and Afghanistan, has died, his family announced Wednesday. He was 88.

OBITUARY

Former Santa Fe socialist governor Miguel Lifschitz dies from Covid-19

11-05-2021 14:43 Former socialist governor of Santa Fe Province Miguel Lifschitz passes away at private clinic in Rosario, three weeks after being admitted to intensive care with virus.

CARLOS TIMOTEO GRIGUOL (1934-2021)

Griguol may have departed, but El Viejo’s teachings will live on

08-05-2021 00:22 Carlos Timoteo Griguol, legendary coach of Ferro Carril Oeste, River Plate, Rosario Central and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, died Thursday aged 86, after a month-long struggle with coronavirus.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Mercedes 'Porota' Meroño, vice-president of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, dies at 95

22-04-2021 10:32 Mercedes 'Porota' Colás de Meroño, the vice-president of the Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo, passed away at the age of 95 in Villa Devoto.

Obituary

Bernard Madoff, mastermind of giant Ponzi scheme, dies at 82

14-04-2021 12:37 Bernard Madoff, the Manhattan investment adviser who promised stellar returns to his A-list clients and instead defrauded them of more than US$19 billion in history’s largest Ponzi scheme, has died in jail at 82 years old.

CARLOS MENEM (1930-2021)

Menem buried with military honours at ceremony in capital

16-02-2021 11:46 Former president Carlos Menem was laid to rest on Monday, granted military honours at a small ceremony on the outskirts of the capital.

Death of ex-president

Former president Carlos Menem passes away aged 90

14-02-2021 13:57 Peronist leader, who led the nation for a decade between 1989 and 1999, passes away at a hospital in Buenos Aires.

OBITUARY

Menem, ex-president who led Argentina for 10 years, dies at 90

14-02-2021 13:17 Former president, whose economic policies quashed hyperinflation during the 1990s but sowed the seeds for what became the largest debt default in history, has died. He was 90.

OBITUARY

Former Albiceleste coach Alejandro Sabella dies from cancer aged 66

09-12-2020 09:53 Former national team coach Alejandro Sabella has died at the age of 66 from cancer, local media said on Tuesday.

OBITUARY

Filmmaker and politician Fernando ‘Pino’ Solanas dies in Paris aged 84

07-11-2020 09:19 Legendary filmmaker, politician and activist passes away after being infected with Covid-19 in France, where he was serving as as Argentina’s ambassador to UNESCO.

Obituary

Tributes flood in for late Sean Connery, the 'original' James Bond

01-11-2020 07:44 Tributes pour in for late Scottish actor Sean Connery – considered by many to have been the best James Bond – following his death aged 90.

OBITUARY

Joaquín 'Quino' Salvador Lavado, the creator of Mafalda, dies at 88

30-09-2020 15:44 Legendary cartoonist Joaquín 'Quino' Salvador Lavado, the creator of the iconic comic strip Mafalda and its eponymous character, has died aged 88, his publisher confirmed on Wednesday.

REGGAE PIONEER

Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dies aged 77

12-09-2020 07:55 Toots Hibbert, one of reggae's founders and most beloved stars, passes away aged 77 after having been hospitalised earlier this month. The singer was awaiting results of Covid-19 test.