This noon, the news of the death of Cacho Fontana shocked the entire entertainment world. Paradoxically, one day after the death of Liliana Caldini -the mother of two of his three daughters-, the announcer lost his life at the age of 90. Moved, his friend and colleague Oscar Gonzalez Gold He said a few words about it and told what Norberto Palese, as his real name, was for him.
“I am moved, I just found out and I was paralyzed,” said the radio host in TN after receiving the news. And he immediately revealed what Fontana meant to him: “Memories, images, memories appear to me. Norberto Palese died for me, who was much more than Cacho Fontana. He was a friend, he was the guy I had lunch with twice a week after doing radio. He was the guy we shared stories with. I have saved a handwritten letter that he sent me 10 years ago with a beautiful handwriting and coincidentally not signed by Cacho Fontana but Norberto Palese, that is, the one who wrote to me was my friend; a human being with his defects and virtues, ”he expressed in anguish.
After defining him as “a creative and a tireless worker”, González Oro added that Cacho was a great reference in journalism. “He was a creator of great successes, a man who imposed a style of making radio. What attracted me since I heard it was his voice, the tone of his voice. He put humor into it, he made me laugh in the car going to work. That Cacho was the one who bought me, the one who amused me, informed me, the one who teased himself, ”he recalled wistfully.
“The style he created was so strong that he forced other greats to create their own style. Some of us made it and some of us didn’t. Héctor Larrea achieved it, for example. I was listening to ‘Buenos dias’ and I knew that I hadn’t made a mistake on the dial, that I was in Rivadavia listening to Cacho Fontana”, he added about his unmistakable hallmark.
Although the causes of his death are still unknown, González Oro related it to the loss of Liliana Caldini, his ex-wife and the mother of two of his three daughters. “When Liliana died, I immediately thought of Cacho’s death, because if someone was by his side until the last minute, it was Liliana. And the question was: ‘Who tells him?’ She was the woman who was hand in hand with him until the last moment, ”he confessed.
While assuring that they had very deep conversations, the journalist clarified: “He opened up to me. I loved him and respected him a lot.” And immediately, he reflected on how “unfair” the medium was with him: “They condemned him, they took his job away, they took away marks. Of course it was unfair. Every time a friend dies I wonder what outstanding bill I have left and luckily I didn’t have any left with him. I helped him, I always worried about his health and well-being, “he concluded excitedly.