Fabiola Emilia Posada Pinedo (September 18, 1963 – September 19, 2024) was a Colombian comedian and actress known artistically as La Gorda Fabiola.
Fabiola Posada | |
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 Posada in 2018 | |
| Born | Fabiola Emilia Posada Pinedo September 18, 1963 Santa Marta, Colombia |
| Died | September 19, 2024 (aged 61) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Other names | La Gorda Fabiola, Gordita Fabiola |
| Alma mater | Universidad Externado de Colombia |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian, actress and social communicator.[1] |
| Political party | Partido Popular Colombiano |
| Spouses |
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| Children | 3 |
| Aedile of Suba | |
| In office 2001–2002 | |
| Bogotá City Council | |
| In office 2002–2005 | |
Biography
editFabiola Posada lived in Santa Marta until she was 16, when she decided to travel to Bogotá to study Social Communication at the Universidad Externado de Colombia.[2]
Career as a social communicator
editShe practiced her profession as a social communicator in the Diario La República and in the revista Contigo. She also ventured into politics being concejal de Bogotá (2002–2005).[3]
Career as a comedian
editHer arrival in the world of humor was by chance, when an assistant of the program Sábados felices approached her on the street because he was looking for a fat girl to be part of a section of the program. It was on the program where she met her husband Nelson Polanía "Polilla" and thanks to him she won the affection of her native country. As a comedian she performed in places such as Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Panamá, Caracas, Nueva York, Miami and Washington D. C.[2] and performed several comedies for the theatre accompanied by her husband Nelson Polanía.
Illness and death
editIn 1997, at the age of 33, the comedian confirmed that she suffered from diabetes. On November 2, 2014, she suffered four heart attacks and underwent open-heart surgery. Days later, she returned to the intensive care unit due to bleeding in her digestive tract.[4]
Posada died on the morning of September 19, 2024, at the age of 61, due to a heart attack and complications from a bacterium.[5] According to reports, she had been hospitalized due to health problems since September 16. The director of the radio program La Luciérnaga, Gabriel De Las Casas, confirmed the news through his Twitter account.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ ""La Gorda" Fabiola en Sábados Felices".
- ^ a b "Recordando el paso de EL TIEMPO... Fabiola Posada".
- ^ "Entretenimiento 'La Gorda Fabiola' celebra su cumpleaños número 90". Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "La Gorda Fabiola volvió a cuidados intensivos". Semana.
- ^ MC (2024-09-19). "Luto y dolor en Colombia por la muerte de 'la Gorda' Fabiola' a sus 61 años". MARCA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-19.
- ^ Lara, Felipe (2024-09-19). "Murió la Gorda Fabiola". W Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-19.
- ^ "Quiénes son los actores en No me Echen ese Muerto | Reparto". Spoilers (in Spanish). 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "X: gabodelascasas (19 sept 24)".