Laura Daners Chao (1 February 1967 – 17 September 2010) was an

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

an television presenter and journalist. Daners was a very successful synchronized swimmer and competed for Uruguay at the

1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas ...

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. She started her journalistic career at Canal 5. She then became known to a wider public as the presenter of Telemundo 12 alongside Néber Araújo. Daners had

multiple sclerosis Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease resulting in damage to myelinthe insulating covers of nerve cellsin the brain and spinal cord. As a demyelinating disease, MS disrupts the nervous system's ability to Action potential, transmit ...

, which ultimately led to death. She was the mother of two children and was buried in the

Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo Cementerio del Buceo is a cemetery in Montevideo, Uruguay. It was established in 1872. It is located in the ''barrio'' of Buceo, near the shores of the Río de la Plata. Nearby is the British Cemetery. Notable burials * Rafael Barradas (1890� ...

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