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Roberto Canessa

Uruguayan cardiologist

browse: cardiologists, rugby union players, writers

alive

born: 1953
died: no date on record
age: 73
known for: cardiologist, rugby union player, writer

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who roberto canessa is

Roberto Jorge Canessa Urta is a Uruguayan paediatric cardiologist, motivational speaker, and former rugby player. He is one of the sixteen survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash in the Andes mountains on 13 October 1972. He was portrayed by Josh Hamilton in the 1993 feature film Alive and by Argentine actor Matías Recalt in the 2023 Spanish feature film Society of the Snow.

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