The “dreamy television” was 93 years old and her health had deteriorated in recent months. She was the first woman to appear on screen on Channel 10.
The journalist, host and actress Cristina Morán, known as “lady television”, died today at the age of 93, after a career of more than 70 years in radio, television and theater, and an enormous legacy for culture in Uruguay.
The news was spread by Subrayado and confirmed by Carmen Morán, daughter of the pioneer of Uruguayan televisionwho explained that “he left peacefully” after his health deteriorated in recent months, due to his advanced age.
Morán, whose real name was Iris Fariña, was one of the first women to appear on screen at the beginning of Channel 10, in 1956, and he remained active in the media until almost the end of his life. His radio debut It had been in 1948 on Radio Carve, a memory that the journalist liked to remember as the moment in which she discovered her vocation, as well as the reason that led her to look for a stage name that was “more radio.”
With iconic interviews like the one he conducted with the Argentine president Raul Alfonsin in 1984 or to the pope John Paul II in 1980 in Rio de Janeiro, He had a tireless career with several legendary cycles such as Sundays continued on Channel 10 – his television presence was uninterrupted until 1995 – and he also ventured into humor being part of the Midday Show on Channel 12. Last year he had replaced La pipa de la Paz, a comedy that he did under the direction of his daughter, and it remained on display at Espacio Teatro until June.
On January 30, 2020, it was declared illustrious citizen of Montevideo, and on February 24, 2023 he received the Mandela Award from Daecpu in recognition of all his years of career in radio, television and Uruguayan culture. It was one of his last public appearances.
Source: Ambito
