Journalist and writer Mario Mactas, an outstanding figure of radio, TV and schedule, died this Saturday at the age of 80.
Known for his unmistakable voice in the media, he was part of PEOPLE and Satiricón magazines, he was the screenwriter of the film and the director of the weekly newspaper, illustrated in his exile in Spain in the 1970s.
On the radio, he shone with such cycles as first -hand, the bridge, all the cats are brown and the hair in the tongue. For his radial work, he was awarded Konex in 2007. He also went to literature, with names such as the Argentinee dwarf and fan of psychoanalyst.
That Mario Makas died
According to TN Web Portal, Mario Mactas was admitted to the Favaloro Foundation for pneumonia, in recent days he presented complications.
According to Argentine news, the journalist previously presented several problems with the easy. His channel partner, Guillermo Lobo, explained that since he had a coronavirus, Mactas had various health complications. “Covid had to turn badly,” Lobo said.
Namely, one of his last reports on social networks is associated with his health state. “Bronchitis, monologist and culture. Today they saw that they were a heavy winter. Executions, ”he wrote on a social network X July 6.
Mario Makas died: his teammates remembered this
The death of Mario Mactas caused deep regret in the journalistic and cultural environment. “He was a thinker, a man of culture, a screenwriter of the film. It hurts our soul to give this news, ”said his colleague Gustavo Tubio on the TN screen.
For his part, Guillermo Lobo defined him as “a clear person personally, professional and journalistic” and recalled that, despite health problems, he continued to visit his weekly column with commitment and passion.
Meanwhile, his colleague Lauren Machiel remembered him as a professional “bright head” with whom “there was time to listen and study.”