Gerardo Sofovich
Gerardo Andrés Sofovich (March 18, 1937 – March 8, 2015) was an Argentine businessman, dramaturge, television host and presenter, comedian, scriptwriter, and director. He was the producer of Polémica en el bar and La noche del Domingo, two of the most popular Argentine TV shows of the 1970s and 1980s. Sofovich also hosted A la manera de Sofovich and Sin Límite SMS, which were broadcast on Canal 9.
Gerardo Sofovich
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- Name
- Gerardo Andrés Sofovich
- Born
- 18 March 1937
- Birthplace
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Died
- 8 March 2015
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Occupation
- actor · film director · television presenter · screenwriter
- Languages
- Spanish
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During the 1970s and 1980s he directed several picaresque films starring comedians Alberto Olmedo and Jorge Porcel.
Brothers Hugo and Gerardo Sofovich, who worked as scripters for several movies, theatres and TV shows of Argentina.
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• Name — Gerardo Andrés Sofovich • Born — 18 March 1937 • Birthplace — Buenos Aires, Argentina • Died — 8 March 2015 • Place of death — Buenos Aires, Argentina • Relatives — Hugo Sofovich (brother), Gustavo Sofovich (son) • Parents — Manuel Sofovich (father) • Partner — Carmen Morales (1965-1995) Sofía Oleksak (2009-2011)
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Sofovich suffered a heart attack in 1992 at age 55. He had 15 stents put in and had twelve 12 angioplasties. On October 8, 2014, it was revealed that Sofovich had been connected to an artificial respirator and was sedated at Clinica Suizo-Argentina hospital after suffering a pulmonary infection, which complicated his health chronic obstructive pulmonary disease condition. He died on March 8, 2015, aged 77, one week and three days before his 78th birthday.
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