Valentina Gestro de Pozzo
Valentina Gestro de Pozzo (January 9, 1914 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine showbusiness reporter. She was better known as Tia Valentina (Aunt Valentina).[1]
Biography
Valentina Gestro de Pozzo began writing at the age of 19, when her column on local Argentine customs began to be published by a newspaper.[2]
During the 1950s and 1960s, Gestro de Pozzo began writing entertainment gossip for a news and entertainment magazine named "Buenas tardes, Mucho gusto" ("Good Afternoon, Nice To Meet You")[3]
Valentina Gestro de Pozzo joined Argentine television during the 1950s, when she starred in a show also named "Buenas Tardes, Mucho Gusto".[4] She also starred in another television gossip show, "Mujeres A La Hora Del Te" ("Women At Tea Hour").[5]
Death
Gestro de Pozzo died after a few weeks in a local hospital in Buenos Aires, April 30, 2011. No cause of death was announced.[6]
Honors
Gestro de Pozzo was remembered, along with other Argentine luminaries who had died during the time such as Romina Yan, Merlina Licht, Catalina Speroni, Guido Renzi and others, at the 2011 Martin Fierro Awards ceremony.[7]
References
- ^ "Valentina "Ta Valentina" Gestro de Pozzo (1913 - 2011) - Find A Grave Memorial". Findagrave.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Muri la "Ta Valentina" - Diario La Maana Neuqun". Lmneuquen.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20130926140224/http://albies.com.ar/site/2011/05/murio-la-tia-valentina-pionera-del-chisme-en-tv/. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "ADIOS A LA TIA VALENTINA". Reporterdelespectaculo.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Murió la Tía Valentina". Lanacion.com.ar. 2011-05-02. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ Dise?o sitios WEB Grandi y Asociados. "Falleci la". DERF Agencia Federal de Noticias. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Homenaje a Romina Yan en los Martin Fierro 2011". YouTube. Retrieved 20 November 2014.