Luisito Martí

Luisito Marti (born Luis Bernardo Marte Hernández 1945 - 2010) was a Dominican musician, comedian, actor, producer and television host.[1][2]

Luisito Martí
Luisito Martí (2007)
Born
Luis Bernardo Marte Hernández

February 1, 1945
Villa Duarte, Dominican Republic
DiedJanuary 3, 2010 (2010-01-04) (aged 64)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
OccupationComedian, presenter, producer, actor, musician

Career

He began his artistic career as a conga player in Johnny Ventura's "Combo Show", later becoming a vocalist. In the early 70s, his interpretation of the merengue song "La muerte de Martín" reached became widely popular in the country. Later, he followed with tracks like "Que pasa Papo", "Te digo ahorita" and "Mamá es la que sabe", among others. In 1976, as a bandleader Martí founded as "El Sonido Original", a group that reached some projection with songs like "Gato entre Macuto", "Jaleo de Acordeón" and "El mudo".

During the 1980s he became part of the legendary comedy television show El show del mediodía, where he soon became a director. Years later he produced his own television show El Show de Luisito and Anthony, with singer-songwriter Anthony Rios, which was broadcast on Channel 9 ColorVision in the early 90s. This show then aired with another proposal called De Remate in the last half the 90s.

Martí also ventured into film in 1995 starring in the film Nueba Yol, characterizing Balbuena, his iconic character. The film, had success at the box office. In 2004 he debuted another comedy show called The Luisito Martí, which aired on Antena Latina, then Telesistema 11 by 2006. In 2007 the Association of Art Critics (ACROARTE) invited him to act as host for the Casandra awards that year by TV presenter Jatnna Tavárez.

Filmography

Death

In May 2008 he was admitted to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York due to stomach cancer. Then in December 2009 he was transferred to the city of Tijuana to undergo stem cell treatment. On 25 December the same year he was admitted to the Diagnostic Center, Advanced Medicine and Telemedicine (CEDIMAT), where he died on January 3, 2010 at 64 years of age.

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References
  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551779/
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2014-05-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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