Cesare Cadeo (2 July 1946 – 4 April 2019) was an Italian television presenter and journalist.

Career

He began working at

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in 1981, as a correspondent and business consultant, appearing in the following year in ''Gol'', a football program led by

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, and ''Superflash'', alongside

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. In 1983 he led ''Five Album'' with

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, a summary of the 1982–1983 Canale 5 television season. At that time he was also a pundit on many programs and sporting events. He worked as a correspondent for the ''

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'' program. His television career was particularly linked to the

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networks. He was called the "gentleman of the small screen", and described as an emblem of television in the 1980s. In 1984 he debuted as a presenter in ''Record'', ''Super Record'' and ''Super Record Sport'', on Canale 5, continuing to collaborate in the programs of

''Superflash'' and ''Pentathlon''. His experience as a sports journalist continued in the programs ''Un anno di sport'' and ''Cadillac'' and in the sports sections for ''Buongiorno Italia'' and ''Studio 5''. In 1988 he hosted ''Fantasia'' on Canale 5, a quiz show with children in the spotlight. From 1989 to 1992 he hosted the

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late-night show ''Calciomania'', alongside

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and

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. From 1994 he presented on

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''Buona giornata'' with , as well as numerous infomercials and home shopping segments. In 1995 he was a regular guest on the Italia 1

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's program ''

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'', acting as a correspondent from a fake newsstand. In 2001 he presented the cooking show '' Mezzogiorno di cuoco'', with ; in the same period he collaborated with the editorial staff of

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. In the spring of 2007 he hosted the

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reality show ''La sposa perfetta'' with , and he also presented a special episode of ''Furore'' on its tenth anniversary. Among his last appearences, in 2008 Cadeo was a guest in the ''Miss Muretto'' beauty contest, and he appeared in the fifth season of ''

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'' with in an "infomercial" that the competitors had to replicate. He died on 4 April 2019 after a long illness.Addio Cesare Cadeo, il ricordo di Marco Balestri: “Un amico sincero

References

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