The health of Luis Landriscina worries the entertainment world. The legendary 88-year-old comedian entered the Favaloro Foundation this week amid deep secrecy. According to him he was able to find out Teleshowthe storyteller attended the medical institution to undergo some studies that would allow him operate on an inguinal hernia. But upon seeing the result of the electrocardiogram they detected a problem, so the clinician decided to postpone the hospitalization and for him to remain hospitalized as a precaution.
The information was provided to this medium by his wife Guadalupe Mancebo, who has been married to the entertainer for more than 60 years and gave more details about her husband’s painting. “My husband is at home until Tuesday and returns to Favaloro to finish the heart studies and be sure to be able to operate,” she said, and explained that everything will be resolved step by step: “If on Tuesday it is confirmed that the heart is fine , then the operation is authorized.”
In addition to his profession as an actor, Luis has stood out for his particular way of reciting stories based on the regional traditions and customs of the country, a practically obsolete profession of which he became a symbol. Son of Italian immigrants, Landriscina was born in Chaco on December 19, 1935, although when he was very young he moved with his family to Santa Fe, where he spent much of his life.
With a prodigious memory and words that reach the heart, he is considered “the hero of Argentine humor.” The stories told about him reach different generations and connect with the most indigenous aspects of our tradition. Part of his legacy was captured in the book Landriscina: a world of love and humor”, from the journalist, writer and historian Vidal Mario who did justice to his figure. Because although his voice is present in countless albums, it remained to frame his work in a literary volume, if that is possible.
With an unmatched saying, and with a showcase full of awards, honors and distinctions of all kinds, Landriscina is synonymous with an era and a way of doing humor in Argentina. Since January 27, 2022, his statue has been on the Paseo de las Esculturas de Cosquín. From that day on, he became part of the tribute to great figures of national folk culture whose images are represented in that place where the images of notable figures such as Atahualpa Yupanqui, Horacio Guaraní, Mercedes Sosa, Jorge Cafrune and Hernan Figueroa Reyes.
In addition, he was honored by the Argentine Senate, and in November 2006 he was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the National University of the Northeast (UNNE), while in 2014 the University of Concepción del Uruguay awarded him the title. of “Master Spreader of Regional Cultures”.
The comedian also won the Martín Fierro award twice. The second (due to his career in radio), in October 2016. It was an exciting moment in which an entire auditorium at the Hilton Hotel gave him a standing ovation. “When we heard the voices we imagined the faces. The radio in the interior has had an importance that no one imagines. We had two ways of communicating with the world: the train and the radio”, He recalled during his speech, in which he referred to his childhood and the forms of communication that existed in the city and the countryside.
