Eddie Miró

Eddie Miró (born March 15, 1935 in Humacao, Puerto Rico), is a television show host in Puerto Rico of Sephardic origin. He is best known for being the host of Telemundo Puerto Rico's variety show ''El Show de las 12'' (The 12 pm Show) for over 40 years. Like Dick Clark in the United States, Miró is known for longevity in front of the cameras while aging relatively little physically.

During the long television run of "El Show de las 12", he came into contact with many famous entertainers, both local and foreign. Some of the local celebrities he worked with as co-hosts and guest stars, were Nydia Caro, Luis Antonio Cosme, Awilda Carbia, Ángela Meyer, Otilio Warrington, Dagmar, Lou Briel, the members of El Gran Combo and Menudo, Machuchal and others. Foreign acts that he presented included Raphael, Celia Cruz, Julio Iglesias, Rocío Jurado, Sandro de América, Marilyn Pupo, (who resides in Puerto Rico but is Cuban) Gloria Trevi, José Luis Rodríguez, Hugo Henríquez and many others.

In Puerto Rico's competitive television market, Miró outlasted rival hosts Luis Vigoreaux and his son Luisito of WAPA-TV, and, later on, Televicentro competition such as Luis Antonio Rivera ("Yoyo Boing"), who were among the hosts of ''El Show de las 12''s main competitor, ''El Show del Mediodia'' (The Midday Show). It should be mentioned that Eddie Miró outlasted Luis Vigoreaux in part because of Vigoreaux's murder in 1983.

On June 13, 2022, Miro received an Emmy golden circle award for his 50 years trajectory on Puerto Rican television in a ceremony where Sylvia Gomez, Luz Nereida Vélez and Cyd Marie Fleming were also honored for their respective careers. at the Los Angeles Church in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Miró's daughters, Dana Miró Medina, Michelle Miró Medina, and Christie Miró Medina, went on to have careers in the entertainment business as actresses, show hosts and producers. Perhaps ironically, Dana married Luisito Vigoreaux during the 1990s, linking Miró with the family of his old competitor, Luis Vigoreaux.

Illness and tax problems

In 2003, Eddie Miró was diagnosed with colon cancer. He refused to take time off work, keeping on his daily schedule of hosting "El Show de las 12" even as he had cancer.

Former Puerto Rico governor Rafael Hernández Colón's spouse, and Raymond Dalmau became spokespersons for the testing and prevention of colon cancer in Puerto Rico once Miró announced his recovery.

In January 2005, shortly after celebrating forty years of ''El Show de las 12'' on the air, Eddie Miró was told the show could not continue on longer, due in part to the changes in Telemundo Puerto Rico's production department. The usually-cool Miró went on a radio station and angrily declared that he was not rich, calling Telemundo Puerto Rico's producer, Tony Mojena, the station's "golden boy". He and his wife Juanita "Ita" Medina, a former dancer and choreographer, were later charged with tax evasion by the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury. After a plea bargain, Miró pled guilty to a minor tax evasion charge in early 2008, while given the chance to pay his tax debt and associated fines.

See also

* List of Puerto Ricans

References

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1935 births
Living people
American people of Sephardic-Jewish descent
American television talk show hosts
People from Humacao, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican male actors
Puerto Rican comedians
Puerto Rican television personalities
United States Army soldiers