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GUSTAVO MARTINEZ LOST HIS LIFE ON FEBRUARY 14 2022

FIVE MONTHS AFTER BEING PART OF THIS EPISODE'S PRODUCTION

DURING THIS SERIES INVESTIGATION RICARDO FORT'S DIARY WAS FOUND

NO ONE KNEW IT EXISTED

Well, Agus, like I said, this is Ricardo's diary.

There's this part I thought was very important for you to read. This.

-So, I'll leave you alone with the diary. -Okay, okay.

"I'm not afraid of death. I'm afraid of illness,

"of suffering, but things always happen because of something.

"And even if sometimes I can't move and every part of me hurts,

"I don't regret having begun late.

"Everything comes when it must. All of this had to happen, what I lived,

"what I suffered, so people would love me."

COMMANDER FORT

4. SAINT

(SOFT PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

GUSTAVO MARTINEZ RF'S FORMER PARTNER AND TUTOR TO HIS KIDS

GUSTAVO: I don't agree that much with this.

I don't know.

MALE VOICE: You don't agree with what?

GUSTAVO: I don't agree with what he's saying, you know?

The things, because...

He did all these things and no one told him, "No,"

or to stop, "Stop, stop," because he'd tell them to fuck off.

Anyone who said that to him. But in the end, check out

-who won, who lost? -MALE VOICE: What do you think?

GUSTAVO: He lost.

BE STRONG RICKY YOUR FANS ARE WITH YOU!!!

GUSTAVO: What do you feel?

MALE VOICE: I feel like he was happy,

and that he had a sudden demise, because he lived too fast.

GUSTAVO: Okay, but what about the kids? What happened to the kids?

MALE VOICE: They're in good hands.

GUSTAVO: Yes! Well, they're okay, but he should've...

It's okay. I don't want to talk.

MALE VOICE: Do you get angry at Ricardo when...

GUSTAVO: No, but of course I get angry! Because it's...

How do you understand that?

I mean, he knew he was breaking down, and where were his kids?

MALE VOICE: Like he was causing it and he did nothing to stop it?

GUSTAVO: Yeah, I don't know.

(SOFT PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES)

DANIEL: Another discharge. Another discharge!

GUILLE: How's the patient doing? All right?

DANIEL: Fine, he's awesome. Better than ever.

There you have him.

Getting ready to do the best "bailando" of the week.

RICARDO: We're coming!

DANIEL: If Fort isn't there, everything goes to hell.

-This is Ricardo Fort. Film him, Guille. -GUILLE: This one.

-He's crazy! -MAN: (LAUGHS) He's crazy!

That's how I'll end up in the...

I'll end up saying, "He's crazy! This kid is crazy!"

(CHUCKLES)

-DANIEL: Good luck, guys. -GUILLE: Good show!

-Where to next? -From here, we're going home...

so I can get ready for tonight...

dye my hair, get dressed...

and to slay.

GUILLE: What did the doctors say about what happened to you?

-What happened to you? -I had a...

adrenal deficiency because of all the corticosteroids I've been taking.

The adrenal stopped working, so I was imbalanced.

Besides the bacteria I had, which...

which is under control with antibiotics.

GUILLE: Medical care you have to keep in mind? What can't you do?

What I can't do?

Nothing, taking corticosteroids. I don't know.

(CAR HORN HONKING IN DISTANCE)

First night after the surgery! Saturday night we're going to the theater.

We'll go and see Pachano in his play, in Corrientes Street.

So, let's go and see what happens.

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)

MALE REPORTER: Million-dollar question.

-Yeah. -MALE REPORTER: Was there pain involved?

No, no, no.

-MALE REPORTER: Not at all? -Not at all.

-Not at all. I sat there... -MALE REPORTER: Get it.

We're still going.

He's more beautiful than when you see him on TV.

Really? Thank you so much.

(BAND PLAYING JAZZ MUSIC)

1:30 a. m. and drinking green tea, and off to bed, get some early sleep.

A terrible change for Ricardo Fort, but off to bed.

Chill, resting, no alcohol, healthy living from now on.

And tomorrow we'll be preparing our luggage to fly to Miami.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

DANIEL: One day he was in Miami

and Ricardo posted a picture on Twitter with a Harley Davidson he had just bought.

A limited-edition Harley that's worth about 25,000 dollars.

I replied on Twitter, said the bike was fantastic.

VOICE OF DANIEL VILA GRUPO AMÉRICA PRESIDENT

DANIEL: About two or three months later,

I went to Miami, to my home and I found in the garage

exactly the same bike as the one Ricardo had with a letter,

where Ricardo said it was a gift for me.

I called him on the phone and said, "Ricardo, I can't accept this bike,

"it's not appropriate." We had an amicable discussion, of course,

and he understood I couldn't keep the bike,

so he sent for it.

I explained, it wasn't the right way to mingle with us

and if he wanted to work in America,

it wasn't necessary for him to get me a bike.

FEMALE REPORTER: Ricardo, welcome to Argentina.

-How was the flight? -Good, all good.

FEMALE REPORTER: You're getting ready for next week's surgery.

Tell us, how are you doing?

I'm getting surgery on Monday, at 5 a. m., in the Trinidad Clinic,

with Doctor Druetto and his 12 doctors.

I'm scared. I'm very scared. (CHUCKLES)

Logically, I'm scared to not wake up after the surgery

and all I can think of are my children,

for them to be left without a dad. But well...

Déjà vu. Today's frame, really.

I'm hiding a cigarette, but I think it won't be enough.

GUILLE: Yeah, and I'll hide the whole package from you, so..,

-Well, last time's the charm. -Did you bring the little camera?

GUILLE: Yeah, but it's a problem.

-It records but then it cuts... -The little one, you can bring that one.

-GUILLE: You okay? Are you happy? -I'm happy.

-GUILLE: It's the last one, right? -Last one's the charm!

-GUILLE: How's it going, Ricardo? -I'm happy! I'm happy to be here again!

I swear to God, I missed this, man.

To be seven days doing nothing here, smoking, eating,

surrounded by friends all the time, until 2 a. m.,

playing the guitar, telling jokes...

This is great. I missed this. I'm happy, I swear.

They'll probably ask me to take another shower

with that disinfectant liquid.

(SIGHS)

-(GRUNTS) -GUILLE: All his friends are here,

as usual...

You know I... (CHUCKLES)

DR. GUILLERMO: All of this is solved, the pain in your leg is gone,

and the pain in the lower back is gone. But what's going on here?

From the dynamic point of view of the spine, having this scoliosis...

DR. GUILLERMO OSCAR CARDINALI SPINE MEDICAL SPECIALIST

...makes your pain be concentrated here.

-You know how we poke you and you scream? -RICARDO: Hmm.

You're not screaming in vain. Here you have the two articulars

that make this move, hold up weight, and for you to be in excruciating pain.

Ten more screws.

I told you. Do whatever you have to do.

-Go all the way up. -No, no.

In here is the bone marrow, and we can't push,

squish, or stretch the marrow out of the blue,

because it will lose vitality

and we'll have a beautiful X-ray and a patient that will be...

You wouldn't be left crippled, but it would be problematic.

You'd have clumsy legs, so no... No, that's what I mean!

You can still recover some centimeters,

you can get taller, of course. You can win back some centimeters.

I'll be taller.

(MACHINE BEEPING)

GUILLE: Entering, making an entrance! How are you, Ricardo?

I know you want me, you know I want you

I know you want me, you know I want you

GUILLE: Well, let's get inside! Let's go in.

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

DANIEL: Finally, Ricardo started working at the channel with Fort Night Show,

which was a great show.

The problem was, well, in Ricardo's style,

he worked at a loss, not checking costs.

-I told him the show was amazing... -(CROWD CHEERING)

DANIEL: ...it was great, but he had to sell it.

Whenever one thinks of making a show like that one, with such high costs,

you have to go out and commercialize it. It's TV 101.

HOST 1: The original, the one and only! Here comes Ricardo Fort!

HOST 2: Put your hands together for Ricardo!

-HOST 1: Bravo! -(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

(HOSTS CHEERING)

RICKI I LOVE YOU

-HOST 1: He looks like Count Dracula! -HOST 2: Dracula Fort, Dracula Fort!

-Good night, America! -HOST 2: Hello, Ricardo!

DANIEL: When Ricardo was making the show, he called because he needed to talk to me.

I told him I was in Mendoza and the next week

I'd be in Buenos Aires, so we could get together then.

Ricardo was the way he was. He couldn't wait.

That same afternoon, he showed up with all of his staff in Mendoza.

MARINA: What was so special about Fort Night Show? Everything.

VOICE OF MARINA CALABRO "FORT NIGHT SHOW" CO-HOST

MARINA: Because it was unlike anything else.

It was an absolutely unpredictable show. You could find a Disney musical,

you could find a raffle for a car, with an umbrella game.

Or anything at all! Wherever his imagination would take him.

He was Fort Night Show, and Fort Night Show was Ricardo Fort.

(UPBEAT TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING)

(SMOOCHES) Thank you, Ricky! It's divine!

MALE REPORTER: Where were you, Ricardo? Where were you?

Happy, really happy to be here.

Happy with how many people came, the press, it was incredible, really.

I'm really thankful to America, first.

From Daniel Vila, Mario Chera, and every person

who believes in me and trusts in this incredible project.

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

KARINA ANTONIALI RF'S FORMER SISTER-IN-LAW AND FRIEND

Maca, have you seen this?

GUILLE: Well, she pooped on you already? That's okay. Don't worry.

Sometimes it comes out from the side.

It stains your shirt, but it doesn't matter.

-She went... (BLOWS RASPBERRY) -GUILLE: Well, but that doesn't stain.

I don't know, but it can pass through the thing...

GUILLE: It won't, Ricky. I'm telling you. Keep calm.

Don't stain my clothes, love! She's looking at me like...

MACARENA FORT RF'S NIECE AND GODDAUGHTER

MACARENA: Well, my uncle was an artist.

I didn't know he was in that much pain.

I didn't know what he was going through.

I was too young.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

RICARDO: I love this, and when I'm onstage... I'm someone else.

Then, when I come offstage, I sit down and I want to die, but well...

I give it my all, and people can't see I'm not doing well.

But that's the idea, the show must go on.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

MACARENA: I would've liked to spend more time with him.

Go to see him in theater, on TV, learn from him, watch him produce.

This is art.

MACARENA: Being with his things makes me have mixed feelings.

On the one hand, it makes me sad.

But on the other hand, I like that everyone can see his stuff.

All he did, all he tried to make, and the love he poured into his projects.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

MACARENA: He was also my godfather, and he was always very generous with me.

I distinctly remember one birthday. I was with my friends.

It was a children's party house, and he showed up with his entourage.

My friends were staring at him, and they couldn't believe it.

He was so happy, he started to sing. He had his picture taken with everyone

and he stayed there all through the party playing with us.

(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

KARINA: He took growing hormones for a long time,

when you can only take them three months a year.

And he'd constantly get shots,

because he thought he was never going to die.

He could feel excruciating pain, but he'd be onstage, and it was...

VOICE OF KARINA ANTONIALI RF'S FORMER SISTER-IN-LAW AND FRIEND

KARINA: He was someone else. The lights came on, and the pain was gone.

-You're hired! This is talent. -(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

MALE REPORTER: How are these last few days going?

Hectic. Without sleeping much,

without resting much due to what's going on, but fine.

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

MARINA: I don't think it was an issue for him that the media was homophobic.

What was an issue was

having to stick to the stereotype of the macho and the stud.

What worried him the most was how the audience saw him.

MALE REPORTER: It was hard for you to come out of the closet.

Why was it so hard?

RICARDO: Maybe because back then, I was afraid to speak my truth

and for the people, the audience,

to see me in a different light, or not accept me.

-(PIANO PLAYING SOFTLY) -Love, love, love is so hard. Right?

When you...

meet someone and think you met the love of your life,

and you met the most perfect person.

RODRIGO DIAZ RF'S FORMER PARTNER

MALE REPORTER: What pains you the most?

RICARDO: The lie, the lie, when someone says they love you,

when they say they don't look at or don't see women, or not even that,

because he wasn't even interested in men. He was interested in me.

The "through better or through worse"...

The big issue I always had was the affection.

And my big crying fit this morning was because I said,

"Fucking hell, when am I going to have someone

"who loves me for me, and not...

"not for what they can get from me." I don't know.

That's what hurts the most. I get this upset too because...

because I take time off

from the people I love and should actually share time with, which are my children,

to give time to these people...

who are worth nothing, man. And I lose the most valuable time,

which is time with your kids.

And I don't seize it, and I should seize that time more

instead of giving the time of day to these people.

But well, one learns.

YESTERDAY

EDUARDO: When Ricardo said he wouldn't make it to his old age,

it was because he was upset at aging.

He didn't like to see himself as old.

He wouldn't have liked to see himself with wrinkles.

EDUARDO FORT RF'S BROTHER

EDUARDO: Maybe that's the reason for all the surgeries,

and his lack of acceptance.

ANGELINA AND PIETRO FORT RF'S NIECE AND NEPHEW

EDUARDO: When you continuously say,

"I'll die young, I'll die young, I won't make it to be an old man."

It's like you're decreeing something, and you send out information,

and maybe you make a ton of tiny things that make that ending happen.

This is tight!

-MALE VOICE: Is it plugged in? -Yeah, it's plugged in!

-(SCREAMS) -(CROWD LAUGHS)

-GUILLE: Look at Maca's face! -RICARDO: Look!

EDUARDO: We had a lot of complicity, we had confidence,

and suddenly, because of his surroundings, we didn't.

There was no everyday connection.

This will mess up my hair, man!

-You guys want to electrocute me! -(CROWD LAUGHS)

-WOMAN: Now, what does he have to do? -MAN: Nothing, I don't know...

-It's squeezing my head. -(CROWD LAUGHS)

EDUARDO: For his character, he put up a fight with us,

as if he were the relegated of our family,

to create a show, a character.

WE LOVE YOU WITH ALL OUR HEARTS HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GORGEOUS!

EDUARDO: To get more attention, I don't know.

WE'RE YOUR NUMBER 1 FANS

Dad, happy birthday!

Dad, I love you a lot.

Me too. Dad, I love you a lot. Happy birthday.

-Me too. Happy birthday. -I love you.

And I love you.

With all my heart. I love you.

FEMALE VOICE 1: Happy birthday, Ricky! You're the best. I love you.

FEMALE VOICE 2: Hi, Ricky! Happy birthday!

MARTA: Get better, Ricardo. You have to take care of yourself

to be all right with your family.

Get better, Ricardo.

I love you. Thank you for calling me on my birthday. That's all.

FEMALE VOICE 3: Ricky, TV isn't the same without you. We miss you here.

You're authentic, you're fun. Come on! Get better soon.

We love you a ton, Ricky.

FEMALE VOICE 4: What you managed to do in two or three years was unprecedented.

EDUARDO: Ricardo was a Scorpio. That must be where he gets

his explosive ways, or his tough demeanor.

But at the same time, his huge heart.

So, he was sensitive, but also short-tempered.

-(ALL APPLAUDING) -Thanks.

EDUARDO: He had those two extremes. He was always very sentimental.

MALE REPORTER: Quarter to ten on a Wednesday night.

Marta Fort with Eduardo, another one of her kids.

The family doctor said he was under an induced coma, but it was refuted...

-MARTA: No, no. That's a lie. -Don't speak of a coma.

MALE REPORTER: What did Eduardo say?

-Are you calmer now, Eduardo? -I was, inside. Not now.

MALE REPORTER 2: Are you optimistic, Marta?

MALE REPORTER 3: This is the sanitary plane

that has just arrived

to Mar del Plata. They are coming to the sanitary plane.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8 MAR DE PLATA

-He's here? -He's here.

They're getting him onboard. You'll be in charge of everything?

(SIREN WAILING)

AMBULANCE

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

AMBULANCE KEEP DISTANCE

FORT'S HEALTH

When it's tendinitis, it can get as far as limb amputation.

FEMALE REPORTER: Are you mad at the media, Marta?

Yes, because the media talk nonsense all the time.

Apparently, that inflammation full of pus, was what was making him be in such pain.

FEMALE REPORTER 2: Fort is going through the 48-hour post-op period,

which is vital to his recovery.

He'll have to remain in the hospital for the next seven days.

His duodenum puncture might have happened

because of his excessive consumption of painkillers.

The situation, and I want to be clear about this...

RICARDO FORT STILL IN HOSPITAL

...is grave and stable.

He was operated on for a duodenal ulcer punctured by severe peritonitis.

It's a disease that has a considerable mortality rate.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC FADES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

FEMALE REPORTER 1: Here's Ricardo, head clean shaven, with a new look,

standing and waving at people as if nothing had happened.

Really surprising.

He's about to leave the clinic, after spending 11 days in the hospital.

FEMALE REPORTER 2: What are your plans from now on, Ricardo?

-Uh... to live. -FEMALE REPORTER 2: Hmm.

FEMALE REPORTER 2: Did you realize what happened to you?

To enjoy life, uh...

I think it finally clicked the last few days,

when I really realized what I went through.

I didn't know what happened, really.

FEMALE REPORTER 3: Why did you change your look?

-Why did you shave your head? -Because it's a life change.

And with a life change comes a change of looks, everything. All together.

FEMALE REPORTER 4: Is it a before and after for you?

Before and after, definitely.

FEMALE REPORTER 3: How's your life from now on?

How will you plan it?

Living it day by day, enjoying it day by day, with my kids, my family.

Enjoying life. This new life without a cigarette,

without excess, without anything.

FEMALE REPORTER 4: Rodrigo was there with you...

FEMALE REPORTER 2: He came out to talk to us. We loved him.

Gustavo's the best person in the world. He was my partner for six years.

My children realized Gustavo was my partner,

and we planned to have our kids together two days ago. I told them two days ago.

-INTERVIEWER: Two days ago? -Yeah.

INTERVIEWER: What was their reaction?

RICARDO: They jumped up and down with joy, and started saying,

"Daddy Gustavo! Daddy Gustavo! Daddy Gustavo!"

When they were born, he used to say, "Daddy Gustavo, Daddy Ricardo."

And I said, "No. Not Daddy Gustavo.

"Not Daddy Gustavo, because there's just one dad.

"Godfather Gustavo."

And he said, "No, two dads. No, just one."

And when he told them this and Martita said, "Is that true?"

And I didn't know what to say, and Martita came to me and said,

-"Daddy! Then, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!" -INTERVIEWER: Oh, my goodness.

How has your mind changed, being trapped in a body that suffers?

Because really, you're someone who suffers,

-who knows what physical ailment is. -Uh...

It has changed my life a lot.

(INHALES, CHUCKLES)

I was... Ah. You kill me.

I was always a kid who did a lot of gym, always trained, I was...

My body was the most sacred thing for me, and it was...

what made me feel like people admired me, or accepted me, because of my physique.

My idiocy, what I had in my head.

Because you love people for who they are, not for the visual part.

But it was my...

It was all my strength, and that's why I trained every day,

and I trained to death, and now to have to...

Every time I get off a chair, to have to grab on to something...

to not feel pain.

And to walk only a little, because I can't walk well.

And that affects me in my work, and with my kids, and day-to-day.

Even in my partnership, everything. And to feel yourself become invalid...

It's too much. And...

and sometimes I don't know what to do. I can see no way out.

LIVE FROM MIAMI

GUSTAVO: He was really harming himself bad, bad. The last few days...

The last few days, you have no idea how that was.

And I saw Felipe, and I saw Martita,

and this guy was dying, he was dying. I swear, he was dying.

He was dying. Fucking hell.

If he had done half of what he... he would be here, busting my balls.

But this guy had no...

He had no break. I don't know.

Or he thought he could come out from anything at all.

And it wasn't like that. It wasn't like that, because you'd see him

and he had an amazing body and all, but he was battered.

RICARDO: Suffering is done for today.

-I can't anymore. (BREATHES HEAVILY) -(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

RICARDO: I can't.

I love you.

Bye.

EDUARDO: He had stuffed his calves with silicone prothesis.

VOICE OF EDUARDO FORT RF'S BROTHER

EDUARDO: Then one bursts, and that liquid silicone

is still in his body.

Then he hurts his knee, makes the bone porous,

softens it, and makes it snap. The end result is generalized infection.

But the issue was not treating his infection in time.

JORGE: When he went to meet the doctor to schedule a surgery...

VOICE OF JORGE STOLBIZER DOCTOR OF FORT FAMILY

....he said, "I want the pain to be gone, of course, but I don't want to do this.

"And after, I want to be able to do this and that..."

Some of them told him, "I'm sorry, Ricardo.

"That surgery doesn't exist, what you want.

"So, I'm very sorry, but I won't be able to operate on you."

MARTA: We love you. Take care.

MALE REPORTER 1: Ricardo, dear.

All good? Well, tell us how you are now, how you got here, how was the trip?

I'm tired. I feel really awful. I'm trying to get home and relax a bit...

MALE REPORTER 2: We're praying for you.

Thanks.

I'm meeting up with doctors this afternoon to see what steps to take...

and to see if I can check myself in and start draining out things,

starting with my knee, and then my spine.

The pain is too strong, and I can't take it anymore.

MALE REPORTER 1: Tell us about your stay in Miami.

We know you had some discomfort, some pain.

I don't know if it was serious.

Huge pains. With a lot of people, I shouldn't have been with...

MALE REPORTER 1: And getting upset, right? Mad at some?

So mad, and now I'm... That nightmare is over.

It was a lot for me to come, I couldn't get on the flight.

Last night, I was drugged to come over,

-so we'll see... -(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Now, I'm meeting with some doctors to see how... how I can keep it up.

-MALE REPORTER 1: Did you have a bad time? -So bad.

So, let me go. Guys, I want to go home to be with my kids, to relax.

-Okay? -MALE REPORTER 1: All right, Ricardo.

Thanks, guys. We'll talk.

EDUARDO: When Ricky went to Miami, he felt pretty bad.

He asked Gustavo to fly with him, as if he had a bad feeling.

Then he came over...

with all the issues, leg fractured again...

I moved everything away for him to go to the IADT.

And he ended up going to the other clinic,

saying, "Get it out. If you messed up, get it out," to those same people.

(CRYING)

EDUARDO: He believed a lot in The Secret.

And one sometimes decrees their own destiny.

Maybe if he had made different decisions, if he'd listened,

if he'd checked in where I asked him to,

maybe he'd be alive.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING)

KARINA: Palermo's Trinidad Infirmary regrets to inform...

regrets to inform the death of Ricardo Fort, of 45 years of age.

It happened this morning at five, in the ICU.

The patient had a history of multiple spine and knee surgeries.

He was clinically stable, and suddenly presented today

a heart attack associated to a massive digestive hemorrhage...

which brought about his demise, despite the CPR maneuvers performed.

(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC CONTINUES)

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER TV)

THE COMMANDER

PIA: Welcome to this gala night for Commander Fort.

A lot of expectations, everyone's here! We can feel the excitement in the air.

GRACIELA ALFANO - ARTIST, RF'S PARTNER IN "BAILANDI POR UN SUEÑO"

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Mrs. Graciela Alfano is coming. Grace, you look divine.

PIA SHAW - SHOW BUSINESS JOURNALIST, RF'S FRIEND

Thanks, Pia. This is fantastic. I can't believe it.

PIA: You know, behind all of this, is his family, of course.

I know that, for Ricky, his kids were the light of his life,

and for them to be making him this homage right now,

it feels so full of an incredible love.

-I'm very excited, yeah. -Do you feel him here?

GRACIELA: Of course, he's here! He's planning everything,

he's happy with all the looks. It's all very much Ricky Fort.

-PIA: What do you imagine is here? -GRACIELA: Ricky's magic.

PIA: Time to enjoy, then.

-Thanks, Graciela. -Thanks.

We keep enjoying this red carpet, then.

With more guests, of course, on this magical night.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

SILVINA ESCUDERO ACTRESS, "FORTUNA" DANCER

PIA: One of the people who knew Ricardo the best is coming,

Marina Calabro, welcome.

-Hi, Pia. How are you? -PIA: What do you have in mind?

I can imagine going back to that Fort Night Show world for a bit,

running into him, his things, the clothes that were so characteristic of him.

PIA: You knew him well. What would Ricardo say right now?

MARINA: He was moved by love. He was always looking to be accepted,

looked for passion, looked for that, the warmth, you know?

And they said, "He was superficial, he just wanted to be famous."

He wanted to be loved.

A lot simpler, a lot more deep, and a lot more substantial.

So, I think he'd feel loved.

There's a plastic tree

Are you here with me?

MORIA CASAN - ARTIST, RF'S PARTNER IN "BAILANDO POR UN SUEÑO"

Well you can't get what you want But you can get me

So let's set out to sea, love

SANTIAGO ARTEMIS FASHION DESIGNER/RF'S FAN

I'm pretty sure this image could only be made by Ricardo.

Welcome, Eduardo, his brother, his niece, and nephew. How are you? Excited?

-Yeah, excited, pretty much. -What comes into your mind,

when you see a night like this with your twins?

How much I wish he were here.

CELESTE MURIEGA - MODEL, DANCER IN "FORT CON CAVIAR" AND "FORTUNA"

So call in the submarines

'Round the world we'll go

Does anybody know, love

If we're looking out on the day...

PIA: There comes the big Gustavo.

A fundamental piece for this, for everything we'll watch.

What can you say about Ricardo, present every day of your life?

-I keep him in my heart. -PIA: Thanks.

The friends, the people he loved.

If you can't get what you want Then come with me

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

GUSTAVO: Are you there, Ricardo? Are you watching?

What do you think about all of this?

Look at all your stuff. Your people. They love you.

That's what you wanted, right?

You wanted to sing, to dance, to travel, to spend. All the big things.

Against the current, shouting, kicking, crying like a child.

You wanted it all. You even craved to be perfect, but who's perfect?

STICK THE KNIFE IN THE TOASTER

RICARDO: Get your hand out of there, dammit!

MONO DE KAPANGA MUSICIAN/RF'S FAN

RICARDO: You stuck your knife there, you could get electrocuted, man!

GUSTAVO: Now you're everywhere.

You're the party's saint, where they never end.

Someone names you, and it's as if you were back to singing, dancing,

and we remember how every day we live can be our last.

Are you here with me?

Are you here with me?

GUSTAVO: Look at your children, so big.

Look at their faces.

Your friends.

Your family.

That's what you wanted. Loved by millions. And that's what you've got.

Or aren't these the millions you like the most?

Once more, you got your way. Looking for one thing, you found another.

And now, you're eternal.

That...

is your masterpiece.

Are you here with me?

(GROUP CHEERING, LAUGHING)

WOMAN: Bravo!

Are you here with me?

(GROUP LAUGHS)

Are you here with me?

Are you here with me?

Are you here with me?

Half a million dollars.

Are you here with me?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(LAUGHS)

-(GRUNTS) -(CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

Are you here with me?

(LAUGHS)

Stop it, guys.

(UPBEAT SONG PLAYS)