{{Short description|Argentine actor (1943–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} '''Roberto Orlando Bracone Macceialli''' (3 August 1943 – 19 December 2021), better known as '''Elio Roca''' was an Argentine singer.

Roca was born in Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Chaco Province, Argentina on 3 August 1943.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elio Roca – Grandes Exitos De Elio Roca (1980, Vinyl) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/11821704-Elio-Roca-Grandes-Exitos-De-Elio-Roca- |website=Discogs.com |language=en}}</ref> He released his debut album, ''Bella, bionda, Carina'' in 1965. He was best known for the singles "Como deseo ser tu amor", "Te necesito tanto amor", "Yo quiero dibujarte".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.el-informador.com/detsoc.php?id=61222 |title=Elio Roca le canta hoy a Santa Marta |accessdate=9 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923234752/http://www.el-informador.com/detsoc.php?id=61222 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead |language=es}}</ref> Elio Roca also appeared in several Argentine films such as ''Vamos a soñar por el amor'' (1971), ''Contigo y aquí'' (1974), ''Love in Flight'' (1967), ''Te necesito tanto, amor'' (1976), and ''La colimba no es la guerra'' (1972).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elioroca.com/home.html|title=Elio Roca - Official website|accessdate=9 May 2010|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412133006/http://www.elioroca.com/home.html|archive-date=12 April 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Roca died on 19 December 2021, at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite news |title=Murió el cantante chaqueño Elio Roca |url=https://www.lavoz.com.ar/vos/musica/murio-el-cantante-chaqueno-elio-roca/ |access-date=19 December 2021 |publisher=La Voz |date=19 December 2021}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100412133006/http://www.elioroca.com/home.html Official website] {{in lang|es}} * {{Discogs artist|Elio Roca}} *{{IMDb name|0733551}}

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