Those Colombian announcers of yesteryear, delivered news, stories and experiences through the sound box. Some of them have already disappeared, but they left an indelible mark on the hearts of Colombians.
He passed away at the age of 61, after a long fight against kidney disease, which he himself narrated for EL TIEMPO: “It is an expectation of all hours that leads to despair. Three years and the phone does not ring,” Parra said at the time, referring to the wait for a kidney donation.
He passed away in 1994 due to pancreatic cancer. In life, a tribute was paid to him by giving him the Julián Ospina award from the Colombian Association of Broadcasters.
He presented for several years, until his death in 2012, the program ‘Cine Arte’, of Caracol Televisión.
Bernardo Hoyos worked in other fields related to communications such as Public Relations.
