Journalist Fernando Pacheco Jordão dies at age 80.
Journalist Fernando Pacheco Jordão died this Thursday, the 14th, at the age of 80, in São Paulo; his death was due to pneumonia, part of the consequences of a stroke he suffered 15 years ago; he had been hospitalized for 40 days; with a long career in journalism, Pacheco Jordão was director of journalism and programming at TV Cultura, BBC correspondent in London, economics editor of Veja magazine, and Abril correspondent in Paris.
GGN newspaper - Journalist Fernando Pacheco Jordão died today at the age of 80 in São Paulo. His death was due to pneumonia, a consequence of a stroke he suffered 15 years ago. Pacheco Jordão had been hospitalized for 40 days.
Pacheco Jordão had a long career in the profession. He was the director of journalism and programming at TV Cultura, a BBC correspondent in London, economics editor at Veja magazine, and a correspondent for Abril in Paris.
He was the director of the Journalists' Union in São Paulo in 1975, at the time of Vladimir Herzog's assassination. A friend of Herzog, who was killed by the military dictatorship, Pacheco Jordão led the demonstrations at the time, which culminated in the ecumenical service at the Sé Cathedral demanding an explanation for the assassination.
One of the greats of Brazilian journalism, Jordão wrote the book "Dossiê Herzog – Prisão, Tortura e Morte no Brasil" (Herzog Dossier – Imprisonment, Torture and Death in Brazil) in 1978.
Jordão was married to sociologist Fátima Pacheco Jordão, the mother of his three children: Beatriz, Rogério, and Júlia.
The wake will be held at TV Cultura in São Paulo until 22 PM tonight, and the cremation will take place tomorrow at the Vila Alpina Crematorium.