Journalist Salomão ÉSPER died on Sunday (16), at the age of 95, in. With a long -term career, the professional was one of the best known voices of Brazilian radio.
Éper worked for 57 years on Radio Bandeirantes. At the station, he was anchor of the newspaper Gente from 1978 to 2019. He also lent his serious voice, exemplary diction and vast vocabulary to TV Bandeirantes, from 1970 to 1977, in the news newborn.
In the other striking passage of his career, he led the Game of Truth interview program, aired by TV Cultura, in 1982. In January of that year, the attraction showed the singer’s last interview, killed in the same month.
Born in Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, São Paulo interior, on October 19, 1929, ÉSPER, Syrian family, graduated from the Faculty of Law of USP (University of São Paulo). The professional trajectory began at Radio Cruzeiro do Sul, in 1948.
Four years later, he went to Radio America, owned by the Bandeirantes Group, which lamented the death of his former collaborator, calling him “one of the great icons of Brazilian radio journalism.”
“It is with great regret that the Bandeirantes group receives the news of the death of journalist, broadcaster and lawyer Salomão Ésper. Our tribute and our sincere feelings to family, friends and co -workers for this great loss,” the company said in a statement.
The death of the professional was also regretted by the Brazilian Association of Radio and Television Station. For the president of the entity, Flávio Lara Resente, Éper leaves a legacy of professionalism and competence that will be model for future generations.
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, to which the journalist cheered, referred to him as a “great Corinthian who lived with professionalism and passion”.
Solomon Ésper was a widower, leaves three children and three grandchildren.
