Comedian. “Pepe” Biondi, as he was called, was a well-known Argentinian comedian. After starting at a young age with the circus, he performed in the theater, film, radio and television acts. He had a wide-eye innocent type of humor. Born the son of Italian immigrants, he was one of eight children in the family and was on the streets at the age of sixteen, earning a living with little formal education until he became a mentor to a Brazilian circus clown. He taught himself to read and write. For over twenty years, he worked in the circus with a Russian immigrant, Bernardo Zalman Ber Dvorkin. The popular duo performed as “Pepe and Dick.” In 1950 he performed on the radio in “The Caravan of Good Humor.” The duo was on several Argentinian television shows. In 1953 they had a successful weekly spot on a Mexican television show, but the duo was completely resolved by 1956. He performed as a solo act on Cuban television in for seven years, but after being kidnapped, he left Cuba during a political unrest. On June 30, 1960 the performing artists of Cuba gave tribute in his honor. Besides Cuba, he toured the United States, Chile, Spain and Venezuela. Wearing a toupee in front of his audiences, he was actually bald and bespectacled, causing him to be unnoticed on a busy sidewalk downtown. On April 7, 1961, the Argentine Television program “Seeing Biondi” aired, receiving the highest audience rating in the history of Argentinian TV to that day. The program has successfully been aired since many times. He retired in February of 1972. His health was a long-time concern with a spinal injury during a circus act and later in 1965 the first of two heart attacks, followed with by-pass surgeries. At the young age of 57 he had an aortic aneurysm repair while in Texas. After several unsuccessful surgeries on his leg from a repeatedly obstructed artery, he died from complications. At one point, he thought his legs were going to be amputated. He had poor circulation in his legs for years, which was compounded by his smoking of cigarettes. In 1934 he married Maria Teresa Morac, a tango singer with the stage name Zita Mora. and the couple had a daughter.