Éber Lobato
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March 28, 1931
Eber Lobato | |
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 Eber Lobato in 1958 | |
| Born | Herbert Lobato March 28, 1931 Pigüé, Argentina |
| Died | December 25, 2014 (aged 83) |
| Spouse | Nélida Lobato ("Sisi") |
| Children | Adrián Lobato, Eliset Lobato |
Eber Lobato (28 March 1931 – 25 December 2014) was an Argentine actor, director, composer, choreographer, painter, dancer, costume designer, singer, cartoonist, set designer and theater producer.[1]
Eber Lobato was born in Pigüé, Buenos Aires, into a family of artists. His father was the guitarist Adrián Lobato and his mother the singer Mary Lobato.
The origin of his name was because the civil registry employee didn’t know how to write the English name Herbert, which was requested by his English grandmother.
He first worked as an actor, and later as a director of several films during the golden age of Argentine cinema.
At the age of twenty, he joined Alfredo Alaria’s ballet company, and it was he who introduced him to Haydée Nélida Menta (Nélida Lobato), who was entering the world of advertising and who later used his surname to rise to fame. Nélida replaced Eber’s sister, who had been his first dance partner.[2] After 15 days of starting their relationship, Eber proposed marriage to her.[3][1]
He died on Thursday, December 25, 2014, at the age of 83, of an acute myocardial infarction, while celebrating Christmas with his family in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[1]
Private life
He married the actress and vedette Nélida Lobato in 1955, with whom he began his career in Chile and traveled once to Europe, gaining international recognition as a star of the Lido in Paris in 1964, where he was also a choreographer. From that marriage, Adrián Lobato was born, who died unexpectedly at a very young age. After divorcing her in 1962, he married his last wife, Sisi, in 1967, with whom he had his daughter Eliset, and with whom he lived his final years in Las Vegas.[4]
He worked extensively as a choreographer and show producer in the United States and Europe.[5]