Pepe Eliaschev
Pepe Eliaschev | |
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Born | José Ricardo Eliaschev 31 May 1945 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Died | 18 November 2014 Buenos Aires, Argentina | (aged 69)
Occupation | Journalist, writer |
José Ricardo Eliaschev (31 May 1945 – 18 November 2014), better known as Pepe Eliaschev, was an Argentine journalist and writer.[1]
The author of ten books, he worked as a journalist and was well known for interviewing world figures such as Muhammad Ali, Ted Kennedy, Jorge Rafael Videla, Raúl Alfonsín, José Mujica, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Carlos Fuentes, Mario Vargas Llosa, Ernesto Sabato and Augusto Roa Bastos. In addition, he was director of Municipal Radio of Buenos Aires from 1989-91. His last radio show was Esto que pasa.[2]
Personal life[]
Eliaschev was born on 31 May 1945 in Buenos Aires, the grandson of Jewish immigrants from Podolia (present-day Ukraine) and Kishinev (present-day Moldova) who arrived to Argentina in the early 20th century fleeing Czarist pogroms.[citation needed]
He died on 18 November 2014, aged 69, of pancreatic cancer.[3]
References[]
- ^ Clarín. "Pepe Eliaschev: hombre de buena palabra" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ Eliaschev profile, audioblogs.cienradios.com.ar; accessed 18 November 2014.
- ^ La Nación (18 November 2014). "Murió Pepe Eliaschev" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- 1945 births
- 2014 deaths
- Argentine journalists
- Male journalists
- Argentine people of Moldovan-Jewish descent
- Argentine people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
- Jewish Argentine writers
- Writers from Buenos Aires
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer
- Deaths from cancer in Argentina
- Argentine writer stubs