A nation bids goodbye to an idol

[NewsWhore]

Yesterday, the Dominican nation said goodbye to a man who had made them laugh for more than 50 years, Freddy Beras Goico. Newspapers today tell the tale of how tens of thousands of people lined the streets and avenues, the highway and the overpasses where the funeral cortege passed through. Questions like "What will we do without Freddy?" were asked, and people shouted to the closest of the mourners, the nation's elite: "Do like Freddy with the poor!" Some of the articles talk about the quixotic figure of Freddy in his constant fight for justice and equality. Others talked about his beginnings with Rafael Solano, Nini Cafero and Fernando Casado in a little-known television program called "La hora del moro" broadcast on Rahintel in 1959. Freddy was a cameraman and told jokes to the crew, and sometimes on the air. Some, like Jochy Santos recalled how Beras Goico was disciplined, creative and innovative. Others, like National Orchestra director Jose Antonio Molina, revealed how generous the man was. The people, his people, the ones he entertained every day of the week, the ones who broke down one of the fences to be close to his burial site, kept chanting, "Beloved Freddy, the people are with you!"(Freddy querido, el pueblo esta contigo!) It rained, but it didn't matter.

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