The entertainment world in Colombia mourns the death of the Fat Fabiolaone of the country’s most beloved comedians, who passed away at the age of 61 on Thursday, September 19.
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Her husband, Nelson Polaniaknown as ‘Polilla’, confirmed that Gorda Fabiola suffered a relapse. She was immediately taken to a medical center, where she eventually died.
Through social media and other means of communication, her closest colleagues, with whom she shared the stage for decades, have tearfully recalled the moments they lived together with her.
La Gorda and football
On social media and as a form of tribute, some users remember the famous role played by La Gorda when she impersonated the sports commentator Ivan Mejia Alvarez.
He did it in a parody of the program Los Tenores del Fútbol and which was then called Los Tumores del Fútbol, where the commentators, not only Mejía, also Carlos Antonio Vélez or Javier Hernández Bonnet were imitated by comedians.
In the video shared on social media, Gorda, in the role of Iván, analyses a World Cup qualifier. In fact, Iván was known on the programme as Iván Jemía, a play on the letters of the commentator’s real surname.
Fabiola Emilia Posada Pinedo was born on September 18, 1961 in Santa Marta and moved to Bogotá at the age of 16 to study Social Communication at the Externado University of Colombia.
Her career in comedy began on the show ‘Sábados Felices’, where she started as an extra and became famous for her characters and her style. She also ventured into politics, being a councilor in Bogotá between 2002 and 2005.
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