the event was attended by many celebrities and had the participation of Bogotá's Mayor Samuel Moreno Rojas and Minister of the Interior and Justice, Fabio Valencia Cossio, present on behalf of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who was overseas at the time; President Uribe in turn, upon his arrival passed a Presidential Decree honouring her memory and legacy, exalting her as a model citizen and her great contribution to the country. The next day, her body was taken to Chapinero Cemetery where her remains were cremated; in fulfilment of her wishes, half were sent to Argentina to be given to her family for safekeeping, the other half was scattered at the Islas del Rosario where she owned an island and had a house. See also Sonia Osorio Consuelo Araújo Noguera References Date of birth unknown 2008 deaths People from Buenos Aires Deaths from kidney failure Jewish Argentine actresses Argentine people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Argentine Jews Naturalized citizens of Colombia Colombian actresses Colombian people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Argentine emigrants to Colombia Colombian Jews Colombian dramatists and playwrights 1930 births Year of birth uncertain 20th-century dramatists and playwrights