Overview
- Crónica TV announced the death early Wednesday after Gelblung was rushed to hospital with breathing trouble and placed in intensive care on a respirator.
- Reports agree the 82-year-old suffered an acute respiratory deterioration but differ on the final facility, with some outlets naming Sanatorio Mater Dei and others Sanatorio Los Arcos.
- This year Gelblung had multiple serious health episodes, including the placement of stents in April, a thrombosis that required a prolonged ICU stay in June, and repeated readmissions for circulatory and respiratory problems.
- Colleagues and public figures delivered immediate tributes on air and social media, recalling his six-decade, combative television and radio career and his habit of working through serious illness.
- Family and associates say Gelblung had continued to work and develop new projects up to days before his last admission, a pattern that sources link to his persistent refusal to follow doctors' rest recommendations.