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Argentine Actor Marcelo Trepat Dies at 62
Trepat was part of the original cast of "Drácula" and served as a stand-in with Les Luthiers. TV host Georgina Barbarossa bid farewell to her "brother for life."
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Argentine actor and singer Marcelo Trepat has died. He died at age 62 in Villa Giardino, in Argentina's Córdoba Province. The Asociación Argentina de Actores y Actrices, Argentina's actors' association, announced his death on Saturday afternoon, October 24.
In its statement, the association paid tribute to Trepat's "extensive career in musical theater, television and film." The cause of death is still unclear.
TV host Georgina Barbarossa, a close friend of Trepat's, also confirmed his death. On Instagram, she posted a series of photos from decades of friendship. "My dear Marce, brother for life, I can't believe I'm writing this, my heart is broken," she wrote.
According to Barbarossa, Trepat died in his sleep at home. "You left the way you wanted: in your sleep, at home, hopefully without realizing it. God must know why so soon," the host wrote.
From Pergamino to the big stages
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Trepat was from Pergamino in Buenos Aires Province, where he began his career in the theater. He had lived in Villa Giardino, a town in the mountains of Córdoba Province, since 2008.
In 1991, he was part of the original cast of the musical "Drácula, el musical". Between 2009 and 2012, he was a stand-in with Les Luthiers, a group known throughout the Spanish-speaking world for musical comedy, according to the website Escenarios Nacionales.