Avelino Muñoz Stevenson

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For his father, a famous musician from Panama, see Avelino Muñoz.

Avelino Muñoz Stevenson (November 23, 1956 at

Hato Rey, Puerto Rico) was a Puerto Rican television sportscaster, newspaper reporter, actor, comedian, show host, emcee, television producer and musical promoter of Panamanian descent. He was, for many years, the main sportscaster and sports news director of Puerto Rico's channel 6's television news shows.[1] Muňoz Stevenson was also the leader of the "Cabecitas Rapadas" foundation,[2] which aims at helping cancer patients and their families with among other things, pharmacy, transportation and treatment costs.[3]

Biography

Muňoz Stevenson was the son of the famed

El Dia'[4] Soon after, he moved on to working on Puerto Rican television and became friends with, among others, the former Baloncesto Superior Nacional and Puerto Rico men's national basketball team member Fufi Santori, himself a buddying sportscaster and newspaper writer at the same time.[4]

Muňoz Stevenson graduated from

Universidad Complutense de Madrid
, obtaining a degree in physical education.

Muňoz Stevenson later worked for El Reportero and El Mundo; he became sports news director at the latter two newspapers.[5]

During the 1980s, Muňoz Stevenson was the main sportscaster for WIPR-TV, channel 6 on Puerto Rican television. He was in charge of the station's daily newscasts' sports news and of occasional live sports events shown on Puerto Rico's governments' television station. In 1988, upon the creation of Channel 24, a Puerto Rican 24-hour news television station, Muňoz Stevenson moved there. Later on, Muňoz Stevenson worked at TeleOnce,

Univision,[4]
as a sportscaster and sometime actor, comedian and television producer.

Sports stars interviewed

Muńoz Stevenson met and interviewed many Puerto Rican and international sports celebrities during his career. Among them, Muhammad Ali, Pelé, Diego Maradona, Martina Navratilova, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan.[1]

Musical promoter

Muňoz Stevenson became a musical promoter later on, promoting concerts by, among others,

Ruben Blades and Willie Colon
.

Other television jobs

Muňoz Stevenson expanded his television career and was involved in television shows with noted Puerto Ricans, fellow celebrities

America's Funniest Videos.[1]

Family life

Muňoz Stevenson had two sons: singer Jowell and Eduardo Muńoz. Jowell is a member of Jowell & Randy, a Puerto Rican musical duo.

Illness and death

He was diagnosed with

Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
, needing a blood transfusion. He remained in a coma about three weeks, until he died on June 21, 2019, the victim of bacteria. He was 62 years old.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Fallece Avelino Muñoz Stevenson". Primera Hora. 21 June 2019.
  2. ^ Túa, Lynet Santiago (21 June 2019). "Familia de Avelino pide espacio". Metro.
  3. ^ "Servicios". 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "La trayectoria de Avelino Muñoz Stevenson". El Nuevo Dia. 21 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Latin Pulse Music - Artist Detail". www.latinpulsemusic.com.
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