Well-known radio host and television presenter, Olga Cardoso formed a historic duo with António Sala.
Radio presenter and television presenter Olga Cardoso died this Wednesday at the age of 91, following a AVC.
The announcement was from , on social media: “I’m heartbroken. Olga is no longer physically with us. She left this morning. Dear Olga, thank you for everything. For the friendship, for the companionship, for the tenderness, for the unforgettable moments, for your unique laugh, which will never disappear from our ears and from the hearts of those who woke up to your jovial voice over thousands of mornings.”
Born in 1934, in Miragaia, Porto, she was invited to the Radio, Sound, Electricity and Cinema Workshops at the age of 15. Entered radio novelas, before being invited to join the Radio Renaissance, em 1964.
It stood out in the following decades, in particular with the program “Wake up”, which he did precisely with Antonio Sala, over 17 years.
The duo Olga Cardoso-António Sala, very popular in the 1980s and 1990s, filled the mornings of thousands or millions of Portuguese people. The program “Despertar” was recorded abroad: Spain, Austria and Macau; or even on a plane, boat or submarine.
There was a particularity: Olga lived in the Rádio Renascença building, in Porto (Rua Sá da Bandeira), and there are reports of recordings made in her pajamas, from the city of Porto – while António Sala was in Lisbon, live.
In 1993 he starred in the TVI program “To Friend Olga”in the year of birth of that television station. You couldn’t say “yes” or “no” in this “key or money?” contest, which ended the following year.
He ended his career in social communications at the turn of the century, in 2001.
Three years ago, in an interview, Olga Cardoso revealed that she had Parkinson’s, a disease diagnosed at the age of 80.
