1 | 26/12/2020 – 19:30 (GMT-4)
Cuban actor, broadcaster and comedian Eduardo Ángel Calderón González, Eddy Calderon, Popularly known for his imitations of Fidel Castro, he died on Saturday in Miami, the victim of cerebrovascular complications. He was 65 years old.
Calderón died at 1:40 p.m. at Miami University Hospital, as confirmed CiberCuba family sources.
At the end of July, the artist was admitted to intensive care after he had a stroke silent due to the apparent complications of coronavirus and, since then, his health has been severely affected.
Comedian, singer, composer, presenter and poet, with his death disappears a hardworking and versatile actor who played in the best characterizations of Fidel Castro in exile, with nuances of voice that no other imitator of the president would could equal.
“Eddy Calderón was an incredible 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 gave his work altruistically without apologizing.”
Eddy Calderon He was born on December 7, 1955 at the Hijas de Galicia Hospital in Luyanó, and as a child he distinguished himself by imitating and resorting to humor in public media, without paying attention to solemnities, with a great spirit of irreverence. His family did not share the ideals of the communist process, and his father, Ángel Julián Calderón, spent political prison before leaving the country.
He came to the United States with his family on February 15, 1979, and worked in factories and construction in Hialeah before moving to New York with his wife Elizabeth in the fall of 1980.
In New York he began to forge himself as a self-taught artist. He participates as an imitator in television programs and animator of private events and parties and begins to write poems, songs and librettos, which he had already done since he was a child.
In addition to his more than 30 years of experience in radio, television and theater and being an important figure among Cuban exiles in Miami, Eddy Calderon He was recognized for his great histrionic ability and his ability to imitate public figures, including Fidel Castro.
His impressive ability to interpret Castro’s voice and gestures in various humorous spaces, especially on television Chubby mass, years brought him the admiration of many followers in South Florida.
Likewise, such a teaching to imitate the Cuban dictator led him to give him a voice in French film. In the shoes of Fidel Castro, made by Karl Zéro and Daisy d’Errata in 2010.
In addition to dedicating his voice and acting, Calderón wrote over 100 songs and composed poetry.
Presented in TV shows Ninety miles, from Latin Miami TV; La Barca de Calderónde AméricaTeVé; and on the radio with Tomorrow’s timba and, more recently with Sawesiando, from La Poderosa station (670 AM). He also worked on satirical programs on Radio TV Martí.
Information about his funeral will be published by his family at a later date.