Overview
- Fernando Confessore suffered a sudden descompensation at his Versalles home and his death was confirmed by his family and colleagues after resuscitation efforts failed.
- Police and SAME personnel performed CPR at the scene and official statements from the Servicio Meteorológico Nacional attributed the episode to a cardiac event.
- TN anchor Mario Massaccesi announced the news on air and colleagues, viewers, and professional peers expressed shock and grief during broadcasts and on social media.
- Confessore made his final TV appearance hours earlier, delivering the weather on October 15 and signing off with the line “Always I’m present,” a phrase listeners and viewers recalled during the mourning.
- Over more than 30 years on TN and El Trece, Confessore built a public profile as a clear communicator, mentor and teacher who had worked at the SMN, co‑authored a popular meteorology book and taught at the Base Aérea de Morón.