Iván Parra, legendary voice of radio journalism in Colombia, passed away

The renowned journalist Iván Parra was one of the defending voices of bullfighting in the country, who became known for transmitting from Spain the golden age of the deed of César Rincón, he died in the last hours due to kidney problems. For several days the commentator was in poor health.

One of the first colleagues to mourn the death of ‘Parrita’, as he was known to his colleagues, was the radio comedian Alexandra Montoya.

“My special hug of condolences to colleague Julián Parra and all his family for the death of his brother Ivan Parra” Parrita “prominent journalist in the bullfighting world,” Montoya said from his Twitter account.

According to the media, Eje21, Parra began his career as a journalist in the mid-seventiesIn an interview with the same medium, he affirmed that he carried the brave party in his veins, in addition, he confessed that he would have liked to be a bullfighter, however, it was not enough and then he decided from the microphone to be the voice of defense of these cultural events .

“Later I realized that it was easier to criticize bullfighting than to be in front of a bull”, confessed Para during the interview.

To the question of how it got to the Colombian radio, The communicator, a lawyer by profession, related that in 1975, when he was in his native Armenia, Henry Pineda, from the Quindío radio station, summoned fans of the brave party at the Hotel Zuldemaida, the place where his program for La Voz de Armenia originated, in order to give aspiring commentators a chance. “I attended and was shortlisted, which allowed me to alternate alongside Paco Luna and Eduardo de Vengoechea, who at the end of the season invited me to work with them in the Todelar bullfighting team “Narrated Parra to the middle.

“His broad general culture, intelligence and warm tone of voice made him a master of national locution”, highlighted the digital newspaper Crónicas del Quindío, after divulging the death of the journalist, who had a career in different media in the country.

Several colleagues remember him for the transmission of the bullfights of the Cali Fair, in Bogotá, Manizales and other parts of Colombia.

Colleagues and friends offer their condolences to the host’s family and mourn the loss to the radio in Colombia.