Wednesday, August 3, 2016 Beloved humorist Juan Carlos Mesa diesComedic master created memorable comical characters for radio, TV and filmComedian, author and scriptwriter of many local television hits, Juan Carlos Mesa died yesterday in a Buenos Aires hospital, where he was being treated for kidney failure. With an early penchant for white humour, he started in the 1950s at a local radio and cut his teeth on clever skits about the human zoo of the city. Returning to his hometown in 1997, he led the radio show El despertador, on LV2, which won him the Bamba and Excelencia awards. Appearing mainly on radio, he worked with his brother Edgardo and son, Juan Martín, in El Surtidor (“The Dispenser”), a variety show complete with astrology forecasts. He returned to television, however, as the chief writer and in a supporting role in a 2003 sitcom, Dr. Amor.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald August 03, 2016 02:48 UTC