Daniel Guerrero

Daniel Guerrero (7 August 194515 January 2022) was an Argentine actor, radio announcer and show host. He was best known as a telenovela actor who worked in many Latin American countries.

Early life Guerrero was born in Castelar, Buenos Aires.

At the age of 23, in 1968, Guerrero joined the Instituto Superior de Enseñanza Radiofónica (ISER), a school for prospective radio announcers in Argentina.

As a radio host, Guerrero worked at various Argentine radio stations, including El Mundo, Splendid, Belgrano, Rivadavia and FM Palermo.

Acting career Guerrero became a well-known actor in Argentina and internationally during the 1980s. He traveled to Puerto Rico and to the United States during 1982 to record a Puerto Rican telenovela named Yo Se Que Mentia ("I Know He Lied"), which gave him popularity in the small Caribbean country. In Yo Se Que Mentia, Guerrero played Puerto Rican actress Iris Chacon's character's husband, as well as young Adamari Lopez's character's father.

In 1983, Guerrero starred in Cara a Cara ("Face to Face"), with Mexican actress Veronica Castro. He also starred in the Argentine telenovela Rossie and the Venezuelan ("Your World And Mine").

He also had a long theater acting career, which included plays Aplausos ("Applauses"), El Andador ("The Walker"), Mateo, Es Mas Lindo Con Amor ("It's Prettier With Love"), Una Zulma y Dos Adanes ("One Zulma And Two Adams"), Unas Piernas Con Historia ("Legs With Miles on Them"), Cena de Matrimonios ("Married Couples Dinner"), Estrellas de Mar ("Sea Stars"), Cuando Adan Perdio la Hoja ("When Adam Lost the Leaf"), Una Noche a La Italiana ("An Italian-Style Night"), Novio por Diez Dias ("Boyfriend for Ten Days"), Usted no es Greta Garbo ("You Are Not Greta Garbo") and Mi Viudo Tiene un Marido ("My Widower Has a Husband").

Personal life and death Guerrero was once married to Argentine vedette, singer and actress Zulma Faiad; the couple married in Mexico and had two daughters: Daniela and Eleonora Guerrero.

Guerrero was hospitalized in intensive care due to a pulmonary embolism during January 2022, which was further complicated by the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that he suffered. After being in the hospital a few days, he died on 15 January of that year.

Upon learning of Guerrero's death, his Yo Se Que Mentia co-star Iris Chacon declared that "His passing causes me profound sadness because he was an excellent co-worker. He helped me a lot as an actor, because when the telenovela was being filmed, I was [also] doing my television show and traveling a lot".