Goodbye Pinky, the figure that marked an era: “With you color television”

Pinky brought color to TV and changed history

At the age of 20, she made her television debut and in a short time became very famous. Lydia Elsa Satragno happened to be Pinkie. This is how a colleague named her in reference to the pinkness of her skin. And began to give birth to a legend known as “La Señora Televisión”. At 23 he was at the top. was declared the Woman of the Year and had the chance to dine with German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Mayor Willy Brandt in Germany. He interviewed Arturo Frondizi and that was the first time that a former Argentine president appeared live and direct on television.

presented shows at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York. He did many absolutely successful plays. No one will forget that piece of Neil Simon called “Prisoners in the City” with Pinky under the direction of the legendary Alejandra Boero.

Pinky was always a star for her incomparable face and appearance and for her fast brain. He gave Juan Manuel Fangio, as a child, a 4-leaf clover for luck in the races. It was in the Huracán de San Justo club that his father presided over. Fangio was a great promise, but he still hadn’t won one of the 5 world championship titles he achieved.

She was a model, advertising presenter, announcer, radio and TV host and actress. And he also incurred in politics, for which he had a great vocation.

Nobody could stop surrendering to the charms of the presenter. This could be seen in the romance with Paul Newman that encouraged her to be strong and not even think about suicide as it had once crossed her mind. Or the courtship that she had with anthony quinn or the romantic attitude of Omar Shariff.

Life hit her hard. She had brutal losses. Her sister Noemí passed away very young, her beloved son Leonardo died of cancer three years ago and her great bosom friend, Héctor Ricardo García the talent that invented Crónica.

In addition to Leonardo who left him two wonderful grandchildren like Isidoro y Miranda, also had Gastón with the Negro Raúl Lavié, with whom, in addition to marrying, she had one of the most volcanic loves of her existence. Today, they still see and love each other. His little sister, Raquel Satragno, also had brilliant years as a model both on catwalks and on TV.

And on her return to public television she was recently accompanied until, when she returned to the air, by her admired and political reference, Rodolfo Terragno, former ambassador to Unesco who came especially from Paris. At the end of Mauricio Macri’s term, Pinky shared a coffee with the former president. She united them appreciation and respect.

She was always very strong, although she did not accompany her your health. repeatedly He said without joking that he had cancer even in his ear. That she had to use a wheelchair due to a mobility problem and that when she was a national deputy, she became so bitter, because they persecuted her to the point that she had a thrombosis and almost died.

He defined his time in Congress as “one of the most brilliant and rotten moments of his life.” He did not want a retirement of privilege and he lost so much money to attend to his frail health that he had to sell some of the art and souvenirs he had in order to pay the bills. He had even lost prepaid medicine. That is called honesty to honor life.

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Pinky went through two moments during the dictatorship that marked her by fire. Once she said no to Ramón Camps, the most bloodthirsty general, and he replied that she was going to throw her in a ditch in retaliation. And then, the theme of that program “24 hours for Malvinas”. At first she refused, but later Cacho Fontana convinced her with a devastating argument: “we are going to raise funds for the little soldiers who suffer and need everything”. In the short term, we all found out that the military hierarchy and some intermediaries stole a large part of the jewels and goods that the Argentine people had generously donated.

She could never forget that dressing room number 16 on channel 7, those studios that she considers a sacred place and the only advice they gave her a minute before starting: “You speak, when the red light turns on.” So it was building that endearing human being called Pinky. A venerable cathedral, pure ethics and culture. She was the mother who inherited Argentine television from us.