Jorge Tuero
Carlos Alberto Debrot (c. 1922 – 16 December 1999), better known as his stage name Jorge Tuero was a Venezuelan television actor and comedian, better known by his characters in the television programs Cheverísimo and Radio Rochela.
His stage name is the mixture of the names of his two idols, the Mexican actors Jorge Negrete and Emilio Tuero.
Career
He started his career in 1977 as announcer in Radio Tropical and later he became part of the cast of Radio Rochela. After 15 years RCTV fired him and soon later was hired in Venevisión as part of the cast of the comedy sketches program Cheverísimo. He was considered as one of the most outstanding comedians in Venezuela.
Characters
- El terror del llano: A man who is known in the Venezuelan plain as the "horror" of it because his rough character, however he always ends dominated by his wife.[1]
- Rico McRico: Parody of Scrooge McDuck, a poor man who had the fictitious idea that was very rich and makes constant comparisons between rich and poor as a joke but also as of reflection.[2]
- Juan Pueblito
- El doctor Criollín
- Zanganini
- El Condominio
Death
Tuero, his wife, his daughter and one granddaughter were part of the countless victims of the Vargas tragedy. In December 16, 1999 around noon his house ubicated in Caraballeda, Vargas State was buried by a massive landslide. His relatives in Caracas warned him to evacuate the house but he said: This house is 27 years old and i feel more secure in there.[3]