Gerardo Masana
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Gerardo Masana, born February 1, 1937, in Banfield
, Argentina
, founded the comedy-musical group Les Luthiers
in 1965. Masana died of leukemia
eight years later, on November 11, 1973. The other members of Les Luthiers
remained together, and as of 2011 they still perform live in tours through Latin America
and Spain
.
Banfield (village)
Banfield is a city in the Lomas de Zamora Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, south of the centre of Buenos Aires. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires metro area.-History:thumb|left|100px|Edward Banfield...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, founded the comedy-musical group Les Luthiers
Les Luthiers
Les Luthiers is an Argentine comedy-musical group, very popular also in several other Spanish-speaking countries such as Paraguay, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela. They were formed in 1967 by Gerardo Masana, during the height of a period of very...
in 1965. Masana died of leukemia
Leukemia
Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
eight years later, on November 11, 1973. The other members of Les Luthiers
Les Luthiers
Les Luthiers is an Argentine comedy-musical group, very popular also in several other Spanish-speaking countries such as Paraguay, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela. They were formed in 1967 by Gerardo Masana, during the height of a period of very...
remained together, and as of 2011 they still perform live in tours through Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
and Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.