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Verónica Llinás Remembers Her Late Husband on His Birthday: “You Were the Sun”

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Argentine actress Verónica Llinás remembered her late husband, Guido Goretti, in an Instagram post marking his birthday.
  • The couple spent 25 years together and shared his passion for sailing, travelling to Colombia, Brazil and the Caribbean.
  • Goretti died of cancer in 2014, and Llinás has continued to commemorate him each September.

“You were the sun.” With those words, Verónica Llinás remembered Guido Goretti on what would have been his birthday, sharing an old photograph of him proudly holding fishing gear beside a river.

You were the sun.

· Verónica LlinásHer brief tribute to Guido Goretti on what would have been his birthday.

The actress, 65, posted the tribute on September 1. “Happy birthday, Guidino of my heart. We were so young and so happy, we loved each other so much. You were the sun,” she wrote. Fans, friends and fellow performers responded warmly, including Griselda Siciliani, Juan Minujín, María Carámbula, Laura Novoa, Carola Reyna, Mex Urtizberea, Soledad Villamil, Alejo García Pintos and Andy Kusnetzoff.

Llinás and Goretti met in the early 1990s, when she was beginning her acting career, and remained together for 25 years. Their lives combined her work in film, television and theatre with his passion for sailing. Goretti dreamed of travelling around the world by boat. The couple never completed that journey, but they travelled to Colombia, Brazil and the Caribbean.

Happy birthday, Guidino of my heart. We were so young and so happy, we loved each other so much. You were the sun.

· Verónica LlinásHer Instagram message accompanying an old photograph of her late husband.

In a 2024 interview with La Nación, Llinás recalled that Goretti eventually stopped working, built a boat and wanted them to sail around the world. She did not want to abandon her profession, so they found a compromise: they would travel for two or three months, and she would return when an acting job required it.

At one point, he decided to stop working, built a boat and wanted us to sail around the world. We never managed to do that, but we did go to Colombia, Brazil and the Caribbean. It was an incredible life.

· Verónica LlinásHer 2024 recollection of the couple’s sailing adventures.

She acknowledged that she had given up some things to share that life with him, but said she never regretted the choice. Goretti died of cancer in 2014. Each September, Llinás continues to remember him through photographs and words that keep their shared journeys present.

I never wanted to leave my profession, and that made things difficult. If it had been up to him, we would have sailed around the world. I always needed a period devoted to my career, my profession and acting, so we reached a compromise: we would leave for two or three months, and when I had work, I would return.

· Verónica LlinásHer explanation of how the couple balanced travel with her acting career.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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