Antonio Carrizo

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Antonio Carrizo
Carrizo, c. 1950s
Born
Antonio Carrozzi Abascal

(1926-09-15)September 15, 1926
General Villegas, Argentina
DiedJanuary 1, 2016(2016-01-01) (aged 89)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentine

Antonio Carrozzi Abascal, best known as Antonio Carrizo, (September 15, 1926 – January 1, 2016) was an Argentine radio and television presenter.

Biography

Born in General Villegas, in western Buenos Aires Province, his first experience in broadcasting was during his teens at the helm of a transit media vehicle, from which he could be heard hawking Mejoral, a paracetamol analgesic, in General Villegas and surrounding Pampas towns. He arrived in Buenos Aires following a year of military service, and began on the radio as an ad announcer on Radio del Pueblo in 1948. He later co-hosted a program on ratings leader Radio Belgrano with Beatriz Taibo, in which the duo became known for announcing advertisements in the form of a dialogue. Taibo, for example, might ask: "Traffic's at a standstill. What do you think happened?" to which Carrizo would answer "A Sunlight girl must have walked by!" [1]

The

Argentine Football). Carrizo earned a Konex Award for his career as presenter in 1981.[3]

Carrizo was named President of the Society of Argentine Bibliophiles, and of the Argentine Chess Federation.[4] The accomplished chess player counted among his friends Grand Master Bobby Fischer. Fischer visited Argentina often, and Carrizo's home hosted numerous matches between the two, as well as with other noted players such as Tigran Petrosian and Miguel Quinteros; during one such match, which Fischer and Quinteros played for money, the unpredictable Fischer repeatedly slammed the Japanese forest glass coffee table, prompting Carrizo to urge Quinteros to lower the stakes, "lest that son of a bitch break my table!" [5]

His later projects included serving as

Argentine Embassy in Spain during the 1990s, and was bestowed the Order of Isabella the Catholic.[3] He later hosted El Locutorio (The Broadcast Room),[2] a cultural program, and Papeles Sueltos (Loose Papers), an intellectual round table show.[7] He also hosted, among other programs, Hecho en Argentina, a geographic documentary series on the América 24 cable network, and from 2006 onward Tangos y Libros on Municipal Radio.[8]

Because he hosted a

AM radio, Carrizo maintained a connection to the people that allowed him to bring high-culture to them. On his interview program thus he could introduce his audiences to such figures as Jorge Luis Borges and Astor Piazzolla.[9]

Carrizo's health worsened, and in 2008 he underwent

cerebrovascular surgery.[10] He recovered, returned as host of Tangos y Libros, and in 2010 was awarded the Argentina Bicentennial Medal by Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri.[4] Carrizo, whose career spanned seven decades, earned widespread respect among colleagues and listeners for his authoritative intonation and cultural breadth. He became known as el señor de la radio ("the lord of the radio") in Argentina.[11][12]

He died on January 1, 2016.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Antonio Carrizo". Argentina en noticias. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  2. ^ a b "Antonio Carrizo, el clásico del éter". La Nación.
  3. ^ a b "Antonio Carrizo". Fundación Konex.
  4. ^ a b "Antonio Carrizo recibió la Medalla del Bicentenario". Agencia Comunas.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "En la vida, un niño inmaduro. En el tablero, el más grande". Gente. Archived from the original on 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  6. ^ "Treinta años al lado del público". Clarín.
  7. ^ "A la vez, nos educa y entretiene". La Nación.
  8. ^ "El minirrepo a Antonio Carrizo (Conductor)". Clarín.
  9. ^ Turner, Gustavo (September 2007). "Ask Your Newsstand Guy". The Believer. 5 (7). McSweeney's.
  10. ^ "Internaron de urgencia a Antonio Carrizo". La Nación.
  11. ^ "Desde abajo y con sexto grado". El Diario. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
  12. ^ "Antonio Carrizo, sí...ese gran locutor argentino". Raíz Argentina.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ Gran tristeza, murió Antonio Carrizo
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