Pepe Eliaschev

Pepe Eliaschev
Born José Ricardo Eliaschev
(1945-05-31)31 May 1945
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died 18 November 2014(2014-11-18) (aged 69)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cause of death Pancreatic cancer
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.

He died on 18 November 2014, aged 69, of pancreatic cancer.[3]

References

  1. Clarín. "Pepe Eliaschev: hombre de buena palabra" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. Eliaschev profile, audioblogs.cienradios.com.ar; accessed 18 November 2014.
  3. La Nación (18 November 2014). "Murió Pepe Eliaschev" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2014.



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