Cesar Mascetti He died on Tuesday, October 4, at the age of 80. A journalist with a great career, for years he was the visible face of telenochethe newscast of The thirteentogether with his wife, Monica Cahen from Antwerp.
With Monica for 13 years they were “the face of the news”. They said goodbye on December 19, 2003. The channel still remembers that when they finished the last broadcast, an endless line of journalists, producers and technicians applauded them not only in the studio but in all the corridors. Before saying goodbye to the audience, César had said that “we are committed to building a better country. We understand that independent journalism must inform and transform”.
In the last goodbye to César Mascetti, Sandra Mihanovich read the letter that the historic journalist wrote days before his death. And in Having lunch with Juana Viale, the singer could not contain her emotion when she remembered that special moment. The artist told the story for the first time because she was in charge of transmitting the last and emotional words of the renowned conductor.
“We have to see the letter that Sandra read. Did you read it many times?”, was Juanita’s prologue that became the foot for Mihanovich to tell the process of that remembered moment. “Correct. I read it many times. Because when César was about to leave, the nurse came and told me “César asked me to give you this,” revealed Mónica’s daughter.
“Then I received that in a spiral, manuscript blog, which is still on Tata’s desk, looking at the river, in that manuscript. So I read it many times, I cried. I read it to mom many times and I kept crying until the time came, “she added, before seeing the video that he had her as the protagonist. Mihanovich saw the tape and couldn’t hold back the tears, but that didn’t stop him from highlighting a quality of Mascetti.
“The theme of duty. With the satisfaction of the duty accomplished. Cesar did the countryside, they invested because they wanted it to be pleasant. But he warned mom that she wanted him to be productive-pleasurable. And there 50 people working there. It is a paradisiacal place, but from the earth, the life, of the plants. of the work To honor the work ”, he concluded.
César Mascetti was ahead: he managed to escape from the star system and although he was number one in his field, he was not very fond of grades because “I prefer to keep a low profile, to work”. Off camera he was very funny and he liked to play pranks on his classmates like hiding bugs. In times when the routine of the newscast was presented on paper, in the studio he was so relaxed that he made balls of paper and threw them between notes at the floor technicians, who did not know whether to admire him for his talent or laugh with his jokes.
A fan of Boca defended the club with the passion of a fan. Although he did not smoke, he always walked around with a cigarette in his hand, which he used to play with. On trips, far from being a star, he was one more teammate and used to give up his travel allowances for team members. Outside of his journalistic work, he was one of the best-known fanciers in Argentina, on his farm in San Pedro he had an important dovecote and used to participate in competitions.
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