Mourning in sports journalism: legendary reporter Marcelo Araujo has died

Argentine sports journalism is going through hours of mourning after the death of Marcelo Araujo, one of the most recognized rapporteurs on national television. He was 78 years old and died early in the morning at the Italian Hospital, where he was hospitalized due

to health complications.

Reportedly, the journalist had been suffering a delicate condition since the pandemic that affected his neurological and motor status. In his last years, he had no mobility of his own and had undergone a tracheostomy to allow him to breathe. His condition worsened in the early hours of Monday and he died around 2 in the morning

.

The news was confirmed by his former broadcasting partner Fernando Pacini. “Unfortunately, in the early morning the news arrived,” said the commentator on Radio La

Red.

Araujo, whose real name was Lázaro Jaime Zilberman, built a career that left a deep mark on the television narrative of Argentine football.

For years he was the lead voice of First Football, the historic program that dominated Sunday nights on open television between 1989 and 2004