Editing Jorge Porcel (section)

== Television career ==

Porcel had many hit TV shows as well, including ''Operación Ja Ja'' (both the 1960s original and the 1980s remake) and ''[[Polémica en el bar]]'' (Debate at the Café), where he had celebrated moments of comedy with fellow comedian [[Juan Carlos Altavista]]. Most of these TV efforts were linked to the Sofovich brothers. He also did ''Las Gatitas Y Ratones de Porcel'' (Little Cats & Mice of Porcel).

After he retired from filming movies in Argentina, he moved to [[Miami]], where he starred in a risqué late-night variety show named ''A la cama con Porcel'' (''To Bed with Porcel'') on the Telemundo network, and was given a cameo in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] production [[Carlito's Way]]. ''A La Pasta con Porcel'' is a restaurant in [[Miami Beach]] opened by Porcel and named after his popular television show.

Porcel's health deteriorated with time, due to his struggles with [[obesity]] and [[diabetes]], to the point of ending up using a [[wheelchair]] in his later years. He toured during 1999 through [[Latin America]] to promote his autobiography ''Laughs, Applause and Tears''. By this time, he had also become a [[Born again Christianity|born again]] [[Christians|Christian]].

Porcel died in a [[hospital]] in [[Miami]] after a [[gallbladder]] surgery at the age of 69. His body was flown to [[Argentina]] and buried at the [[Chacarita Cemetery]].