Jorge Tuero


Carlos Alberto Debrot, better known by his stage name Jorge Tuero, was a Venezuelan television actor and comedian recognized for 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 an announcer in Radio Tropical, and later became part of the cast of Radio Rochela, which aired on RCTV. When this station fired him after 15 years of work, Venevisión hired him as part of the cast of the Cheverísimo comedy show. He was considered as one of the most outstanding comedians in Venezuela.

Characters

Tuero, his wife, his daughter, and one granddaughter were part of the countless victims of the Vargas tragedy. On December 16, 1999, around noon his house located in Los Corales, Vargas State, was buried under 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 here.