The incomparable Jesús Quintero dies at the age of 82

Sad news for the world of journalism, radio and television. Jesús Quintero has died this Monday at the age of 82.

The legendary presenter the fool on the Hill y Red Mice He had been hospitalized for weeks at the residence of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, in Ubrique. His own family reported it to the press on September 7.

Throughout these weeks, it has transpired that his expenses in the center were borne by El Turronero, a multimillionaire businessman from Ubrique and a great friend of the missing communicator.

as collected ABCdeSevilla, Quintero has lost his life on the afternoon of this Monday, October 3, after eating and going to bed to rest. The health of the incomparable journalist worsened after suffering a respiratory condition. He was operated on for heart disease in Huelva, at the Juan Ramón Hospital, and even went through the ICU. Although in recent days there has been talk of a certain improvement, the presenter has died at the age of 82.

Jesús Quintero has gone down in history as one of the most transgressive journalists on the national scene, whose programs on Canal Sur and TVE were a phenomenon due to his way of interviewing characters of any background, from artists of the stature of Rocío Jurado, Joaquín Sabina or Lola Flores to first level politicians or characters from the pink chronicle.

He leaves María a widow, the woman who has accompanied him until the end of his days and whom he married, according to The Spanish, in August 2020. The communicator had two daughters: Andrea, also a journalist by profession, who was born in 1992 from his first marriage to Ángeles Urrutia; and Lola, the fruit of his second marriage to the journalist Joana Bonet.