Jaime Emma (17 January 1938 – 8 January 2005) was an

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journalist, lawyer and

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player. A native of

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, he won the

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in 1978, the same year he won the title of

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. Emma was married to María del Carmen Di Pietro and had two children: Pablo Andrés Rodríguez and Mariana Tierno.

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