Concha García Campoy
| Concha García Campoy | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
October 28, 1958 Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain |
| Died |
July 10, 2013 (aged 54) Valencia, Spain |
| Occupation | Journalist and news anchor |
| Website | http://blogs.telecinco.es/elblogdelacampoy |
Concepción García Campoy (28 October 1958 – 10 July 2013), also known as Concha García Campoy, was a Spanish radio and television journalist and personality.
Personal life
She was born in Terrassa but raised in Ibiza. She was married with the lawyer Jaime Roig and with the sociologist Lorenzo Díaz.[1]
Career
She started her professional career in 1979 as local anchor in Cadena COPE of a current affair program called Antena Pública. Later in 1983 she entered in the News Service of Televisión Española for Balearic islands.
In January 7, 1985 she debuted as anchor of the noon edition of Telediario, along with Manuel Campo Vidal. During this period she also directed the morning program Las mañanas de Radio 1.
In 1987 she returned to the radio after being hired by Cadena SER and started anchoring the program A vivir que son dos días. In 1991 she returned to TVE where she anchored Mira 2 and two years later was hired by Antena 3 Radio.
In 1994 she was anchor in Onda Cero of some programs, including Noches de radio.
In 1999 she returned again to television, this time in Telecinco where she hosted the movie-centered program La gran ilusión. Again she returned to radio in 2004 after being hired by Punto Radio.
In 2006 she was hired by Cuatro to anchor, since October 4 until December 24, 2010, the morning magazine Las mañanas de Cuatro. In January 2011 she was hired as anchor of the morning edition of Informativos Telecinco.[2]
Illness and death
In January 2012 García Campoy announced that she was diagnosed with leukemia and was stepping down as television anchor.[3] Despite initially answering well to her treatment, in January 2013 she suffered a relapse.
García Campoy died on 10 July 2013 in a Valencia hospital, due to acute liver failure.[4][5] Her funeral took place on 12 July in Madrid.[6] It was attended by colleagues and politicians such as Tomás Gómez and Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba .[7] She was incinerated and their ashes scattered on a beach in Ibiza.[8]
References
- ↑ Concha García Campoy deja temporalmente los informativos de Telecinco a causa de una enfermedad
- ↑ Concha García Campoy estrena programa en Telecinco - ABC.es
- ↑ García Campoy: "Tengo leucemia, pero también ánimo de lucha"
- ↑ La periodista Concha García Campoy fallece a los 54 años | Medios | elmundo.es
- ↑ NEWSREADER LOSES LEUKAEMIA BATTLE
- ↑ Familiares y amigos dan su último adiós a la periodista Concha García Campoy
- ↑ Velatorio de Concha García Campoy
- ↑ CONCHA GARCÍA CAMPOY DESCANSA YA EN SU IBIZA. ANDRÉS VICENTE GÓMEZ Y LORENZO DÍAZ, LOS GRANDES AUSENTES.