
Goodbye to Jos Mar a I igo, legend of televisionLa historia de la televisi n en Espa a est unida a Jos Mar a I igo. Trabaj a lo largo de su carrera en numerosos medios, aunque la mayor parte de su trayectoria profesional estuvo vinculada a TVE donde fue el rostro de la televisi n p blica en la d cada de los 70 y 80 presentando espacios m ticos como Direct simo', Fant stico' o Estudio Abierto'.
Jos Mar a igo ha fallecido este s bado a la edad de 75 a os. El periodista y presentador, naci en Bilbao en junio de 1942, trabaj a lo largo de su carrera en numerosos medios de comunicaci n, aunque la mayor parte de su trayectoria profesional estuvo vinculada a TVE.
Leyenda de la televisi n, sus inicios fueron en la radio, concretamente en Radio Bilbao cuando ten a solamente 15 a os especializ ndose en programas musicales. I igo fue uno de los creadores de Los 40 Principales y present espacios musicales de referencia como El Gran Musical. En televisi n, fue el rostro de la TVE en la d cada de los 70 y 80 con programas como Ritmo 70, Hoy 14.15, Estudio Abierto, Direct simo, Fant stico, La gente quiere saber o Esta Noche, Fiesta...
En EiTB present el programa I igo en Directo ; en Telecinco Las ma anas de Telecinco and De qu parte est s? y en Antena 3, El kanguro.
Tambi n hizo alguna incursi n en el mundo de la cine, de la mano de Iv n Zulueta como director protagoniza la pel cula Un dos tres, al escondite ingl s, participando tambi n en pel culas como A 45 revoluciones por minuto, Terapia al desnudo o Muertos de Risa.
En 2002 regres a televisi n tras unos a os de retiro de la peque a pantalla con El show de Flo (TVE) y en 2003 live singing (Telecinco). Un a o m s tarde condujo en La Primera el programa de entretenimiento Carta de Ajuste.
Jos Mar a I igo ha sido el comentarista para TVE del Festival de Eurovisi n en sus ediciones de D sseldorf (2011), Bak (2012), Malm (2013), Copenhague (2014), Viena (2015), Estocolmo (2016) y Kiev (2017).
Reconocido con el Premio Nacional de Televisi n, el Premio a Toda una Vida de la Academia de Televisi n y un Premio Ondas, en la actualidad colaboraba con It is not any day (RNE) y Aqu la Tierra and Rush hour (TVE).
El realizador y consejero de RTVE Fernando Navarrete, que el pr ximo martes recibir el Premio Panorama a Toda una Vida, ha calificado a Jos Mar a I igo como un gran hombre, un leal amigo y el m s completo comunicador que he conocido . Trabajar con l siempre daba seguridad y su agilidad mental y su ingenio norte o gratificaron los cincuenta a os de su amistad , que he disfrutado siempre que he podido , ha dicho.
No nos llegan las palabras para explicaros lo maravillosa persona que era, humilde, divertido y gran trabajador. La voz de Eurovisi n y la alegr a de la delegaci n. Le ador bamos , ha se alado en twitter el equipo de Eurovisi n de RTVE.es. La jefa de la delegaci n de RTVE del festival, Ana Mar a Bordas, ha manifestado su tristeza por la muerte del querido periodista.
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