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- Birth nameRoberto Jorge Canessa Urta
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- Roberto Canessa was born on January 17, 1953 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is an actor, known for Society of the Snow (2023), La odisea de los Andes (1976) and Alive: 20 Years Later (1993). He is married to Laura Canessa. They have three children.
- SpouseLaura Canessa(? - present) (3 children)
- In December of 1972, he climbed out of the Andes mountains with Nando Parrado to get help for the other survivors in the crashed plane. The trek took ten days over a distance of at least 30 miles.
- Was one of the sixteen survivors of the ill-fated Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 which crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972.
- He is a survivor of the 1972 Andes plane crash.
- In 1994, he unsuccessfully ran for the presidency of Uruguay.
- He is a surgeon who specializes in children's heart cases.
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