Marty Cosens

Argentine singer, actor and television presenter (1935–2001)

Marty Cosens
Cosens in 1965
Born	Rubén Mario Cosentino 1 September 1935 (1935-09) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	20 August 2001 (2001-08-21) (aged 65) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rubén Mario Cosentino (1 September 1935 – 20 August 2001), best known as Marty Cosens, was an Argentine singer, actor, television presenter and record producer.

Life and career

Born in Buenos Aires, Cosens started his career on stage, and then became popular thanks to radio.^[1] He had his breakout in 1960, thanks to a number of twist hit songs from his album Explosivos.^[2]

Starting from the show Tropicana Club that he co-hosted with Chico Novarro, he also worked as a television presenter.^[1]^[2] In 1972 he moved for several years to Mexico, where he successfully continued his acting and musical career.^[1] Returned to Argentina, he starred in the first Argentine stage version of Chicago, topped the charts with the album El profesor de violín and had a major television success hosting the Canal 9 show Sábados en familia.^[1] Also active in films and TV-series, he died from an incurable disease on 20 August 2001, at the age of 65.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "El cantante Marty Cosens falleció ayer". La Nación (in Spanish). 21 August 2001. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Murió Marty Cosens". Clarín (in Spanish). 21 August 2001. Retrieved 20 September 2023.