Overview
- Club Atlético Rosario Central confirmed his death, noting he served as the club’s president from 2007 to 2010.
- The Municipality of Rosario decreed three days of mourning under Decree 001/2026, with flags at half‑mast, signed by Mayor Pablo Javkin.
- His wake was held at Cochería Caramuto, with the cortege scheduled to depart at 8:00 Monday, pass the Palacio Municipal around 8:15, and proceed to Cementerio El Salvador for burial.
- A leading UCR figure, he was elected mayor in 1983 and 1987 and stepped down in 1989 after pledging to resign if Carlos Menem won the presidency.
- He later served as a provincial deputy (1993–1995) and a national senator (1995–2001), and he was acquitted in 2012 in the Senate bribery case.