Governor Cornejo's father is dead – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

Carlos Cornejo, father of the governor of Mendoza, died Tuesday at age 84 after being hospitalized at Del Carmen hospital.

The president's father was in poor health due to severe respiratory depression. This Sunday, he had been transferred from Eugenio Bustos Hospital to Godoy Cruz Hospital.

Carlos was originally from Córdoba and came to Mendoza to teach, but he also worked in the judicial branch, where he retired. There he met his wife, Ramona Neila, with whom he had three children.