Overview
- Emergency medical teams from SAME and officers from Comisaría Vecinal 14 A responded to a call and confirmed Fugazot was found dead in her Güemes Street apartment on Sunday night, with two women at the scene who let responders inside.
- The Fiscalía Nacional Criminal y Correccional N.º12 took charge of the case and ordered actuaciones por averiguación de causales de muerte, a routine probe prosecutors open when a death occurs outside a hospital.
- Early official accounts from police and medical responders reported no visible signs of violence in the room where she was found, but medical and judicial steps to determine the cause of death are still ongoing.
- Family members and colleagues held public farewells including a velatorio and burial at the Panteón de Actores in Chacarita, and relatives said Fugazot had been frail after the death of her son René Bertrand in June 2025.
- Fugazot had a more than six-decade career in theatre, film and television and was widely mourned by the arts community for her work in classic revue, comedy and dramatic roles that made her a lasting figure in Argentine culture.