Overview
- Confessore suffered a sudden descompensation at his Versalles residence and was declared dead after police and SAME responders performed CPR, with the death recorded about 3 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 16.
- TN anchor Mario Massaccesi announced the death on air using information from Confessore’s family and colleagues across the channel expressed shock and sorrow.
- The Servicio Meteorológico Nacional posted a public farewell saying he died of an infarct, but no detailed public autopsy or official medical report has been released.
- Family and friends held a velatorio on Oct. 17 and his remains were reported to be taken to Cementerio de la Chacarita, and on Oct. 18 his daughter Jimena published an emotional account of her father’s final moments.
- Confessore trained at the University of Buenos Aires, worked at the SMN in the early 1990s and joined Artear/TN in December 1995, leaving a legacy as a mentor, educator and author who made meteorology accessible to TV and radio audiences.