The journalist Marcelo Zlotogwiazda died at 61 years old.

Marcelo Zlotogwiazda He died on Tuesday. The journalist and economist was in charge of the television program Challenge 20.19 on the screen of C5N and in The oven is not for rollswhich is issued by Radio with you In TN He was double pilot with Ernesto Tenembaum of More words, less words, a cycle that lasted seven seasons.

The driver had 61 years old and lived in Saavedra. Born on October 6, 1958 in Buenos Aires, he graduated from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) in 2002. degree in economics. It is thus that he worked for many years in the SOCMA group of Franco Macri. However, in 1985, he began venturing into communication. His first steps were written for The journalist and, on the radio, participating in Without anesthesia, the program Eduardo Aliverti.

His participation in graphic media then spread to El Porteño, Page / 12, Three Points, The Commercial Columnist, Twenty-Three and InfoNews. Writes the books The mafia of gold and Citibank vs. Argentina: History of a bankrupt country.

Later, on the radio, he also integrated Puzzles (Rock & Pop), What's happening (Del Plata), Very early Magdalena and Good Holy Day (Radio Miter). In addition, he drove in Rock & Pop the program Compressed air and in Tab radio, Peak hour and The other leg Until 2018, he was responsible for The return of Zloto in Radio del Plata.

On television, he was a columnist for Day d, Behind the news and L & # 39; information. In this place, pipe Journalists and Words plus, words less. He also investigated the bankruptcies of the Mayo banks, the provincial credit of La Plata, Mendoza and the Republic, as well as the cartelization of the cement sector, among other remarkable works.

He received a Martín Fierro Award and two Konex; in 2007, he remained in the research category and ten years previously, he was recognized by economic analysis, his specialty.

Zloto, as he was commonly known to abbreviate his last name, had stated that his arrival in journalism "was naturally produced". "Over time, I realized that I had certain characteristics specific to the practice of the profession.I always say that a necessary condition, but not sufficient, to be a good one. reporter, it's to be excited about the information, "he said. El Barrio Newspaper in 1999

His love for sport

In addition to devoting a large part of his life to work, Zlotogwiazda was passionate about physical activity, but especially about run. In an interview that he gave More Web Air he had said that he had intensified the practice of this sport, since he had detect early TB.

"I have a lot of smoke and they discovered something in my lungs that they did not know what it was. I consulted several doctors who were not able to determine it, until I was examined by a pulmonologist. The hypotheses were either a tumor or a tuberculosis. I told him "I opened" and it was early tuberculosis. A flock, fortunately. The I totally left the cigarette, with a brief relapse last year. But it was 12 years without smoking, "he had counted in June 2016.

Marcelo ran at least four or five times a week, which added a little gym workout. "When I run, I usually do it in Saavedra Park because it is four blocks from my home. But I change: sometimes I choose the collector of General Paz or Sarmiento Park … and on Sundays, in general, when I make money, I go through Figueroa Alcorta to Palermo, "he said. he explains.

From Saavedra, his adopted neighborhood since he also lived in Villa Luro, Almagro and Belgrano, he stated that one of the things he liked most was "that the churrero be heard Sunday morning"And he added," The proximity to the highway allows me to reach the center in just ten minutes. "