Concepción García Campoy (28 October 1958 – 10 July 2013), also known as Concha García Campoy, was a

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radio and television journalist and personality.

Career

She started her professional career in 1979 as local anchor in

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of a current affairs program called ''Antena Pública''. Later in 1983, she entered the News Service of

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for the

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. On 7 January 1985, she debuted as anchor of the noon edition of ''Telediario'', along with Manuel Campo Vidal. During this period she also directed the morning program ''Las mañanas de Radio 1''. In 1987, she returned to radio after being hired by

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and started anchoring the program ''A vivir que son dos días''. In 1991, she returned to TVE, where she anchored ''Mira 2''. Two years later, was hired by

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. In 1994, she was anchor in

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of various programs, including ''Noches de radio''. In 1999, she again returned to television, this time in

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where she hosted the movie-centered program ''La gran ilusión''. She went back to radio in 2004 after being hired by Punto Radio. In 2006, she was hired by

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to anchor the morning magazine '' Las mañanas de Cuatro'' between 4 October and 24 December 2010. In January 2011, she was hired as anchor of the morning edition of

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Personal life

She was born in

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but raised in

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. She was married to the lawyer Jaime Roig and subsequently to the sociologist Lorenzo Díaz.

Illness and death

In January 2012, García Campoy announced that she was diagnosed with

leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ' ...

and was stepping down as television anchor. Despite initially answering well to her treatment, in January 2013 she suffered a relapse. García Campoy died on 10 July 2013 in a

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hospital, due to acute liver failure. Her

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took place on 12 July in

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. It was attended by colleagues and politicians such as Tomás Gómez and Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba . She was cremated and her ashes scattered on a

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Filmography

* ''

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'' (2011) * ''Sinfín'' (2005) as TV newscaster * ''

7 vidas ''7 Vidas'' is a Spanish sitcom which aired on Telecinco from 1999 to 2006. Its title translates as "7 lives" and the symbol of the sitcom is a cat, in reference to the belief that cats have 7 lives (in contrast to English-speaking countries, whe ...

'' (2005) as vendedora * '' Los peores años de nuestra vida'' (1994) * ''La reina anónima'' (1992) as Enfermera * ''La mujer de tu vida'' (1990) * ''El rey del mambo'' (1989)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia Campoy, Concha 1958 births 2013 deaths People from Terrassa Spanish radio presenters Spanish women radio presenters Spanish television presenters Spanish women television presenters Spanish journalists Spanish women journalists Deaths from leukemia in Spain Deaths from liver failure