1 | 26/12/2020 – 7:30 PM (GMT-4)
Cuban actor, presenter and comedian Eduardo Ángel Calderón González, Eddy Calderon, Popularly known for his impersonations of Fidel Castro, he died this Saturday in Miami as a victim of cerebrovascular complications. He was 65 years old.
Calderón died at the University of Miami Hospital at 1:40 PM, as confirmed CiberCuba family sources.
The artist was then admitted to intensive care at the end of July last year have a stroke silent due to apparent complications related to the coronavirus, and his health has been severely affected ever since.
Comedian, singer, composer, presenter and poet, with his death disappears an industrious and versatile actor who played in the best features of Fidel Castro in exile, with nuances of voice that no other follower of the president could match.
“Eddy Calderón was a great guy and a friend you could always count on,” he said CiberCuba the famous Cuban actor Gilberto Reyes, exiled in Miami. “He was a man who always gave, who did his job unselfishly without making excuses.”
Eddy Calderon He was born on December 7, 1955 in Hijas de Galicia hospital in Luyanó, and from childhood he distinguished himself by making imitations and resorting to humor in public places, regardless of the ceremonies, with a great spirit of irreverence. His family did not share the ideals of the communist process and his father Ángel Julián Calderón was in political prison before he left the country.
He came to the United States with his family on February 15, 1979, working in factories and structures in Hialeah before moving to New York with his wife Elizabeth in the fall of 1980.
In New York he started forging himself as a self-taught artist. He participates in television programs as an impersonator, animates events and private parties, and begins to write poems, songs and librettos, which he had been doing since he was little.
In addition to his more than 30 years of experience in radio, television and theater, and as an important figure among the Cuban exiles in Miami, Eddy Calderon He was recognized for his great theatrical ability and his ability to imitate public figures, including Fidel Castro.
His impressive ability to express Castro’s voice and gestures in a variety of humorous spaces, mainly on television The plump table, earned him the admiration of many fans in South Florida for years.
Likewise, such a doctrine of imitating the Cuban dictator led him to give him a voice in French cinema In the shoes of Fidel Castro, created by Karl Zéro and Daisy d’Errata in 2010.
In addition to his dedication to voiceover and acting, Calderón has written over 100 songs and composed poems.
Featured in TV shows Ninety miles, the Latin Miami TV; La Barca de Calderónby AméricaTeVé; and on the radio with Tomorrow’s Timba and, more recently with Sawesiando, at the station La Poderosa (670 hours). He also worked on satirical programs on Radio TV Martí.
Information about his funerals will be released by his family at a later date.