Overview
- Samuel “Chiche” Gelblung was hospitalized at Sanatorio Los Arcos for a respiratory condition and died on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at age 82.
- His velatorio was held at the AMIA house in Villa Crespo and the funeral procession went to Cementerio de La Tablada, where family, colleagues and media figures attended.
- Cristina Seoane, Gelblung’s partner since they met at a Revista Gente photo shoot, led the public farewell and was photographed visibly distraught during the ceremonies.
- The couple married in 1977, raised three children—Federico, María (Maggie) and Magdalena—and became grandparents to seven, a family that figures centrally in coverage of his death.
- Coverage revisited Gelblung’s long media career, his past admissions of serial infidelity, recurring crises that included threats and an exile to Madrid, and the way those episodes shaped his public image and family life.