Ángel Sánchez Mendoza

Ángel Sánchez Mendoza (Guayaquil, 1963 – 30 March 2020)

Biography

Sánchez was born in 1963, and developed an interest in journalism since an early age.

He started working for Ecuavisa in the technical area, carrying lights and cables, in 1982, His first opportunity to do journalism came with Nila Velázquez in Televistazo Dominical , around 1984.

He then worked as news producer for TC Televisión, as well as a communications consultant and later part of the GamaTV team as producer and news director.

Private life

He had two children from his first marriage. He married for the second time with Melania Quichimbo, Radio City host and journalist for El Universo, with whom he had a daughter.

Death

Sánchez died in the afternoon of 30 March 2020, at the age of 56, in the Guasmo Sur hospital, due to complications of the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2, during the pandemic in Ecuador.