What Jorge Lanata died of

The journalist Jorge Lanata died this Monday at the age of 64 at the Italian Hospital, where he had been hospitalized since last June 14. The renowned investigative journalist died accompanied by his family, his wife Elba Marcovecchio and his two daughters.

Lanata was hospitalized for more than six months, between his stay at the Italian Hospital and the Santa Catalina rehabilitation clinic. He had been in that rehabilitation center until September 18, when he had to be admitted to the Italiano again.

After several surgical interventions, this Monday he finally died from a multiorgan failure. According to information close to the family, the journalist’s health worsened on Friday, December 27, when the condition became irreversible.

The story of Jorge Lanata

Jorge Lanata He was born on September 12, 1960 in Mar del Plata. He was adopted and lived a very difficult childhood due to his mother’s illness.

An operation for cancer left her with cerebral palsy and she was bedridden for 40 years. Her adoptive father took care of her and he spent a lot of time with his grandmother and aunts.

School was key to being able to begin developing his vocation at a very young age. In primary school he did his first interview and became curious about journalism. At the age of 14 he was already working at Radio Nacional.

He continued his work during the military dictatorship. He was a waiter while writing for Siete Días Magazine and added the necessary experience to develop his own projects with which he achieved great recognition.

He was editor-in-chief of the magazine in the early 1980s. The Porteñowhile in 1987 he founded the newspaper Page/12of which he was also its journalistic director. And in 1990 he created the magazine Página/30. Later, the journalist gave life to the twenty-three magazine, Then came EGO and the newspaper Crítica de la Argentina, in 2007.

He collaborated with media from several countries such as the United States, Colombia and Venezuela, among others. While the last thing he did in graphics was his column for the newspaper Clarín. His first job was at Radio Colonia where he wrote reports at the age of 14.

He spent time on Radio Belgrano and his work in Rock&Pop was what earned him his first Martín Fierro Radio Award in 1995 for best journalistic program.

He arrived at Radio Colonia in Uruguay and some time later landed at Radio del Plata with the cycles “Lanata AM” and “Lanata PM”. In 2012 he was hired by Radio Miter to do his cycle “Lanata sinfilter”, one of the most successful in the medium, attracting the largest number of listeners.

In addition, he made some appearances in fiction, but his performance on television was basically hosting journalistic programs, with a lot of his own and investigative content.

“Día D” was the program he did on América TV and that earned him a large number of awards and recognition from the public and his colleagues.

In 2012, eltrece began its series “Journalism for All”, a research program very critical of Kirchnerist politics, which was in power at that time. The report “K Money Trail” earned him good audience ratings and international awards.