Portuguese journalist Joaquim Letria dies aged 82
Prominent Portuguese journalist and writer Joaquim Letria has died at the age of 82, according to reports from Portuguese media.
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Portuguese journalist and writer Joaquim Letria died on Friday at the age of 82. Euronews reported that the news was first released by the newspaper Observador, which cited a source close to the journalist. [1]
According to Euronews, Letria was a key figure in Portuguese media who helped found the weekly newspapers O Jornal and Tal and Qual. He was later elected president of the Journalists Union and served as news director at RTP in the period following the revolution of 25 April 1974. [1]
Letria started his journalistic career in 1963 at Diario de Lisboa at the age of 18. He went on to build an international career, working for The Associated Press for seven years during the Vietnam War and later working with the BBC in London. [1][4]
He returned to Portugal after the 1974 Carnation Revolution, where he presented television programs such as Teledomingo and Informacao 2 for RTP. Letria gained wide recognition for creating innovative television formats that merged news and entertainment. [1][4]
In short
- Joaquim Letria died on Friday at the age of 82.
- He was a founder of the weekly newspapers O Jornal and Tal and Qual.
- Letria served as news director at RTP and president of the Journalists Union.
- He worked internationally for The Associated Press and the BBC before returning to Portugal after the Carnation Revolution.
Sources
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- [1]Portuguese journalist and writer Joaquim Letria diesEuronews, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
Background
- [2]1975 Portuguese Constituent Assembly election on Wikipedia
- [3]Deaths in 2026 on Wikipedia
- [4]Joaquim Letria on Grokipedia
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