"The humor comes out of sorrows, of misfortunes" He was a jeweler, a musician, a businessman, a painter, an actor, even an amateur hypnotist, but he was known as a man who never laughed but made everybody laughs. Millions of people still remember his jokes. He had class, a unique style and fame. However, the sudden death of his wife, key to his professional success, was the turning point that marked his life and would lead him to a self-destructive spiral from which he could not longer escape. For the first time his family and friends explain the lights and the shadows of a personal and professional journey.