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- Birth nameRoberto Jorge Canessa Urta
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- Roberto Canessa was born on January 17, 1953 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is an actor, known for Society of the Snow (2023), La odisea de los Andes (1976) and Noticiero (1971). He is married to Laura Canessa. They have three children.
- SpouseLaura Canessa(? - present) (3 children)
- In December of 1972, he climbed out of the Andes mountains with Nando Parrado to get help for the other survivors in the crashed plane. The trek took ten days over a distance of at least 30 miles.
- Was one of the sixteen survivors of the ill-fated Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 which crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972.
- He is a survivor of the 1972 Andes plane crash.
- In 1994, he unsuccessfully ran for the presidency of Uruguay.
- He is a surgeon who specializes in children's heart cases.
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