The emblematic driver Quique Dapiaggi, recognized for Of ours with humor, passed away this Friday. The host from La Banda, Santiago del Estero, was admitted to a clinic in Miami, the city where he resided, with a diagnosis of multiple cancer.
“Today (Friday) at 0:29 in the morning after fighting her for several months you went on tour without suffering old Quique Dapiaggi, your daughter Maggi is waiting for you ready to show you paradise. I’m going to miss you a lot, protect us from above and guide us on the best path, “wrote his son Gustavo on his personal Instagram account confirming the news and saying goodbye to his father with a family photo.”
And he continued: “I want to honor you in the best way and continue your legacy. Your grandchildren will know who you were and I hope to be as good a father as you were to me. Goodbye dad. You are at peace and you have become a legend for many and especially for me. Quique Dapiaggi 09/29/1939 – 08/21/2020 “.
Days ago, the driver’s 80-year-old son had detailed his father’s delicate state of health: “My father is admitted to Memorial Regional Hospital in Florida. They found cancer in the area of the back, pelvis and part of the leg ”.
He was one of the figures of the boom of “provincial humor” on television in the late ’70s and early’ 80s. In 2019 she said in an interview: “I live in Miami, a very beautiful city, full of tourists from all over the planet. I only have gratitude to God and my destiny that gave me a career that began in La Banda and it is worth remembering that I did 34 hours of television without interruption with national figures inaugurating the color in the beloved Channel 7 of Santiago ”.
The television host Quique Dapiaggi (Archive 1981).
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Established for more than twenty years in Miami, Dapiaggi had to his credit several television programs where the great stars of the moment passed.
In addition to the recognized Of ours with humor (Channel 11) which was later renamed The spark of my people, would arrive later They are … laughs eleven. He was at the forefront of the cycle I count on you (Canal 7), Of my payment with humor (Channel 2 of La Plata), among other titles.
Then came his programs in the United States as Humorata latina and Planetango in Miami.
The television host Quique Dapiaggi.
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Dapiaggi was born on September 29, 1939 in La Banda, Santiago del Estero. “I endure. Everything was always very difficult for those inside, those with my skin color and it was never believed that four little blacks did so much rating, “he said in an old interview given to Clarion. “Slapping us was like trying to be idiots to the millions who saw us. But I was popular: people did not forget me and today they show me that they are happy.”
While he was dedicating himself to his great passion, TV, he alternated with ventures in other areas, such as a handicraft stall he had on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach.
In 2019 he had planned to dedicate himself to traveling. She passed through Argentina, visited her family, and then walked through Portugal and Spain.
In Quique 2020 plans was a year of great projects. He had planned to launch a compilation on Amazon with the best of humor from his remembered programs. In addition, he was going to be honored for his career with a special on Telefe Internacional. And as a producer he was going to be part of the entertainment cycle Miami, singing and magic charm.
