Famous Uruguayan sports journalist Alberto Sonsol has died of COVID-19

Journalist Alberto Sonsol, narrator of football and basketball matches in Uruguay, died at the age of 63 on Thursday in Montevideo after several days of fighting COVID-19 in an intensive care center.

“Daddy no longer suffersWrote Alejandro Sonsol, one of the famous communicator’s sons, on his Twitter account.

Immediately, several media echoed the news and many of his colleagues, as well as personalities from different fields, fired him on air and on social media.

“A partner of many here in the channel where he does various programs, he also works in other media. A man who was made from below and well known and who had a warrior character, this character who made us think that Alberto would also be able to fight against this absolutely criminal virusSaid Blanca Rodríguez, reporter for the Channel 10 news program Subrayado.

Meanwhile, the Tenfield company, where Sonsol chronicled the South American country’s two main sports, sent him back with a message on his Twitter account.

“We have no words, just a lot of sadness for the death of Alberto Sonsol. Great companion, professional and best person. He fought her to the end. Hugged with family, friends and RIP colleagues, ”the post says.

For its part, the Circle of Sports Journalists of Uruguay wrote: “From @CPDUoficial, we deeply regret the death of his colleague Alberto Sonsol. Tight embrace with family and friends at such a difficult time. TEAR”.

Born November 26, 1957 in Montevideo, he worked as a football and basketball journalist for Radio Espectador, Channel 10, Tenfield, Televisión Nacional de Uruguay and Sport 890.

He also devoted himself to entertainment programs, the last of them, “Controversy at the bar”, in which he participated until a few days ago, when he was admitted to hospital with covid-19.

Admired and criticized equally, he was a very popular communicator in the Uruguayan media, in which, in recent decades, he was recognized as a reporter of first division football matches and also of the Uruguayan Basketball League, in addition to the national team of. This sport.

Sonsol is one of the 843 casualties Uruguay already has due to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

There, since the health emergency was declared on March 13, 2020, 87,812 have been infected and there are currently 15,381 people suffering from the disease., 225 in intensive care units.

With information from EFE

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