RIP Daniel Fanego

 

Actor Daniel Fanego dies at the age of 69

The news was confirmed by his son, Manuel, to Teleshow. The Argentine Association of Actors said goodbye to the artist with an emotional post

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By Lucas Terrazas

September 19, 2024

 

This Thursday, Daniel Fanego died at the age of 69. The news was confirmed by the actor's son to Teleshow. "He left home surrounded by the love of family and friends. Absolutely in peace," he said. From its social networks, the Argentine Association of Actors dedicated a heartfelt message to him: "With great sadness we say goodbye to our member and former leader of the union, the actor and director Daniel Fanego. With extensive experience in theater, television and film, he was one of the most beloved and awarded actors of his generation."

In a conversation with Teleshow, producer Carlos Rottemberg also expressed his pain for the death of the artist: "Daniel was a talented and beloved actor, I call him from the new generation, not because he was so young, but because, somehow, with his commitment - which even exceeded the acting - he marked a beautiful path and also banked these last times of his illness with a formidable fortitude. A respected one."

According to the organization, the farewell to Daniel Fanego will be this Friday, September 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Buenos Aires Legislature (Av. Pres. Julio A. Roca 575, C.A.B.A.)

Born on March 30, 1955, Daniel joined the Argentine Association of Actors and Actresses in 1977. Between 1988 and 1990, he held the position of Secretary of International Relations of the union under the presidencies of Duilio Marzio and Juan Carlos Dual. In 2005, he was awarded the Podestá Award for Honorable Career, presented by the union and the Senate of the Nation.

Although he studied law for four years, he eventually decided to devote himself entirely to acting. He made his stage debut in 1977 with the play La leccion de anatomía. Throughout his career, he participated in numerous plays such as Porteños, The Three Sisters, Camille, Twelve Men in Struggle, Open Couple, Medea, The Misanthrope, Pygmalion, Flight to Capistrano, Letters from the Absent and The Lion in Winter, Modestly Fanego, among many others.

He was one of the founders of the TeatroxlaIdentidad cycle, participating committedly in its board of directors and in several of its shows. As director, he presented the plays Sardinas, Después del ensayo, Cristo Vence, Roberto Zucco, A propósito de la duda, Cumbia morena cumbia, among others.

After the news was known, the official account of the cycle pronounced: "Today we have to say goodbye to the one who pushed our origin, accompanied us in all ways, the one we enjoyed, the one who infected us with the desire to resist. Daniel, soul mate, you will always be a part of us."

On television and platforms, she was part of memorable productions such as El marginal, El reino, El escogido, Mujeres asesinas, Resistiré, El Rafa, La cuñada, Los machos, El primero de nosotros, Culpables, Bárbara Narváez, Amar... to the savage, Señora Ordoñez, El jardín de bronce and Romeo y Julieta.

In film, she excelled in a wide variety of films, including Betibú, El Ángel, Luna de Avellaneda, Desde el abismo, Acusada, Eva no duerme, Akelarre, El mundo contra mí, Los amores de Laurita, Las nubes, El profesor punk, Todos tenemos un plan and El Fausto criollo.

In 2023, Fanego was one of the outstanding figures of the Martín Fierro Awards. The actor had won best supporting actor for his work in El Primero de Nosotros, the fiction that aired on Telefe during 2022. "Thank you to the APTRA jury for this distinction. To Telefe and Paramount for putting this fiction on the screen with pain and hope, and for calling things by their name. It was an honor to share with Benjamín Vicuña, Rocío Gómez, Lucho Castro, Damián de Santo, Paola Krum.. all great actors," he had said when he went on stage.

The Telefe dramatic comedy, which was broadcast between March 21 and June 30, 2022, and starred Benjamín Vicuña, Paola Krum, Luciano Castro, Jorgelina Aruzzi, Damián De Santo and Mercedes Funes, managed to win best fiction along with El Hincha (El Nueve) thus achieving a tie in the shortlist.

FANEGO, Daniel (Daniel Luis Fanego)

Born: 3/30/2955, Saavedra, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died: 9/19/2024, Buenos Aires, , Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Daniel Fanego’s westerns – actor:

Martín Fierro, la Pelicula – 2007 [voice of Martín Fierro]

Desertor - 2019