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Guillermo Benites dies after illness

December 17, 2016 by Veronica Villafañe

Guillermo_BenitesLongtime Univision 23 anchor Guillermo Benites passed away early this morning. He was 75.

He had been battling an undisclosed illness.

The Emmy award-winning journalist and recipient of the NATAS Silver Circle award, who had been hospitalized, “passed away peacefully at 5:48 am” at his home.

A native of Argentina, Benites started his U.S. broadcast career in Miami radio in 1968, before moving on to television news.

He retired in September of 2015 after 39 years at Univision’s Miami station.

There will be a wake tomorrow. The mass and funeral will take place on Monday at 10:30am at Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery, 11411 NW 25th Street.

Here’s a video Univision 23 produced last year paying tribute to Benites’ career in broadcasting.

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: Guillermo Benites, Univision 23

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  1. Vicky Fernandez says

    December 17, 2016 at 8:33 PM

    Querida familia del canal 23

    Estamos todos con ustedes en estos momentos tan tristes
    y les mandamos un fuerte abrazo.
    Guillermo Benites ya está descansando, después de trabajar
    tan duro por tantos años, dando lo mejor de él y del canal 23.
    Paz y fuerza

  2. Armando Guzman says

    December 18, 2016 at 5:57 AM

    Que pena me da esta noticia.

    Pero hoy no quiero recordar al gran Guillermo con tristeza, sino con alegria. Con la alegria que era compartir una asignacion, o un dia de asueto con el.

    Recuerdo las mancuernillas,o los gemelos que intercambiabamos. Las que el me mando a hacer especialemente para un cumpleanos, los chistes que Guillermo contaba cuando todos estabamos tensos por la presion del trabajo. Guillermo siempre tan decente, tan humano, tan con los pies en la tierra. Su larga carrera y sobre todo su larga celebridad nunca se le fueron a la cabeza. El tenia la cualidad que solo los grandes de esta industria tienen. La sencillez.

    Estoy seguro que algun dia, cuando nos toque, lo volveremos a ver con esa enorme sonrisa y con esa enorme cortesia que Guillermo siempre tenia para todos. Hasta ese dia mi querido amigo, hasta ese dia.

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Most recently, a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

She is also a Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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