A saddening piece of news is coming forward where it is said that the journalist Hugo Gavilanez has died. He took his last breath on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at the age of 74. Tributes and condolence messages have flooded social media as everyone is expressing their sadness about his sudden demise. Hugo’s demise has become the cause of sorrow and pain to many of his near and dear ones. Reports confirm that the TV presenter was admitted to a hospital in Guayaquil. Let us find out what happened to Hugo Gavilanes in the article below.

According to reports, the 73-year-old journalist was hospitalized since May 12 due to his bad health. He has been suffering from health complications for quite some time and it eventually claimed his life on the first day of June. Hugo Gavilanes’s daughter Erika Gavilánez stated that his health started to deteriorate after he was infected with the novel virus. Earlier, she had asked the netizens for a prayer chain for the recovery of the communicator.

However, the journalist still could not be saved as he breathed his last yesterday. It is no doubt to state that everyone close to him is shattered. It is said that Hugo was seriously hurt by the spreading virus which he got infected with in December 2020. Despite all the best possible treatment, the doctors could not revive the journalist and he passed away leaving everyone behind in pain.

On Monday, Hugo Gavilanes’s daughter had appealed to the general public to pray for his father’s recovery as his health was deteriorating. Nevertheless, nothing could save him, neither the treatment nor the prayers. Now, social media is flooded with tributary posts and emotional messages. Besides, paying him sincere respects, people are also searching for some sort of information about him.

Although not much information about the TV presenter is available on the internet yet, it is reported that he worked in open settings where he grew close contact with individuals. As a correspondent, Hugo started his vocation for Channel 4 in 1989. Hugo had 35 years of experience in Radio and TV reporting.

For decades, he worked at RTS as a telecaster and was also the head of The News. It is also said that as a youngster, Hugo was an individual from the Ecuadorian Navy’s Marine Infantry Special Forces which allowed him to plunge. Now, his sudden death has become a topic of discussion on social media as everyone is talking about him.