About Héctor Benavides
Lived 1941 – 2023 (aged 82). Héctor Benavides was a Mexican television presenter, journalist, writer and architect.
Jesús Héctor Benavides Fernández (12 January 1941 – 13 November 2023), also known as Arquitecto Benavides, was a Mexican news anchor and radio personality whose journalistic career spanned over six decades in radio and 58 years on television, particularly in northeastern Mexico.
Shortly before his death he set two Guinness World Records: "longest career as a television news broadcaster (male)" and "longest career as a television news broadcaster (same programme)".
Biography Benavides was born in Monterrey and received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL, 1964).
Benavides died in Monterrey on 13 November 2023, at the age of 82.
Books Monterrey: Ciudad noticia (1976) Los cuervos y la paloma (1979) El habla popular en Monterrey (1994) 45 años... Mi vida en radio y televisión (2005) 50 años en el mundo de la noticia (2010) La sexta pantalla (2012) Huracán Gilberto: 25 años después (2013) 45 años, 45 historias (2013) El hombre en la Luna: 50 Aniversario (2019) Casi 82 años... Archivo de un reportero (2022).
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Who was Héctor Benavides?
Mexican news anchor
When was Héctor Benavides born?
Héctor Benavides was born on 12 January 1941 in Monterrey.
When did Héctor Benavides die?
Héctor Benavides died on 13 November 2023.
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Héctor Benavides was a television presenter, journalist, writer and architect.
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Héctor Benavides was Mexican.
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