Medardo Barrionuevo dies, legendary voice of sports journalism and various entertainment programs

This afternoon it was learned of the death of the communicator Medardo Barrionuevo, commercial voice of some programs of the country and announcer of radio Diblu. This was confirmed by the media on their social networks.

“We are going to miss you Cheo! Your always cheerful presence and your unparalleled charisma will be greatly missed by us”. they wrote in a post on Twitter, adding that they were shocked by the death.

The cause of death is not known at this time, only that was admitted to the ICU as an emergency Hospital León Becerra, yesterday Friday.

Newtown was part of the Caravana group for more than ten years, where he established himself as one of the official voices of his radio. Her joy when speaking or greeting her listeners was what stood out the most.

Before, he was on some national television channels, including channel one, and also when it was called yes tv, where he lent his voice for the remembered program Guayaquil hot.

He also worked on Gamavisionas the voice of the sports program The aim; and on the radio i99 ran his program The electric chair.

In 2005 he was one of the presenters of the program The specialistsled by the remembered Sharon (1974-2015). In this space she shared a panel with Maricela Gómez, Jimmy Michael and Johnny Shapiro, as Pelito Marhaca.

In social networks colleagues, friends, family and the public that followed him for years have reacted to his departure. One of them was the sports communicator Carlos V. Morales, who expressed his condolences to the family.

“You suddenly set out on a journey. No chance to say goodbye. See you always, dear friend and colleague Medardo”, Morales wrote.

another was Nicholas Rivera, who recalled the charisma of Barrionuevo. “Always with a contagious smile, a cup of coffee in every match and the “salty cat” joke. You are eternal, Dao.”Rivera wrote on social media. (I)