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It
is incredible that after 65 years of Carlos Gardel's death
there are still different opinions about his birth place. The more
acceptable
hypothesis (taking into acount some proofs)
is that he was born on December 11th in Toulouse, France.
To prove this, some documents of the San Jose de las Grav
hospital had been presented, which establish this
information. Another important document that certificates his nationality
is the alographic will that Gardel left, where he asserted
that he was French and Berta Gardes' son. The strange thing
is that Gardel, when alive,
always assured to be Uruguayan with Artentine
citizenship. Some
people said that the documents belong
to another person and the testament is an excellent forgery.
The only thing that people do not do is an exhaustive
analysis of the calligraphy, the writing age, etcetera. Up
until now everything is based on supositions, testimonies and
photographs. What is really true is that the
documents and the
will have been considered authentic by the
Argentinian and
Uruguayan authorities, accordig to the law Gardel was
French. The only people who could help us
to find an answer to this problem
are
Gardel and His Mother but both of them are not here to help
us in this subject, so we
decided, after talking for
a long time, to keep it to the readers' criterion.
What is true, and nobody can discuss it, is that Gardel is
the tango symbol, with his deep vioce, his smile and singing
"Mi Buenos Aires querido, cuando yo te vuelva a ver, no
habra mas penas, ni olvido...". Nobody forgot him,
Buenos Aires, The "Tango",and we , the
"Tangueros" who have him in our hearts as a symbol
of Buenos Aires.
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