Emilio Azcárraga Milmo or Emilio Azcárraga Jr. (September 6, 1930 in

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- April 16, 1997 outside

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) was a Mexican-American businessman and the son of

Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta (2 March 1895, Tampico, Tamaulipas – 23 September 1972, Mexico City) was a Mexican businessman who built an entertainment conglomerate. The son of Basque immigrants Mariano Azcárraga and Emilia Vidaurreta, his ...

and Laura Milmo Hickman. He was educated at

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, he graduated in 1948. He was married four times, to Nadine Jean, Pamela de Surmont (dead in 2001), Adriana Abascal, Miss Mexico in 1989 and most recently to Paula Cussi.Death Certificate
/ref> He worked in various positions in television such as owner of

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, a twelve-station Spanish-language network in the U.S., and in the 1960s and 1970s as a controlling shareholder of

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, S.A. He was the owner of '' The National'', an American daily newspaper centered on sports that was published from January 31, 1990 to June 13, 1991. He also owned major Mexican television stations and was the chairman of the U.S.-based Spanish-language TV network "

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". He was also involved in publishing, video rental, and real estate ventures. He died on April 16, 1997 on board his yacht ECO outside Miami. His business passed to his son

Emilio Azcárraga Jean Emilio Fernando Azcárraga Jean III (; born 21 February 1968) is a Mexican businessman who currently serves as the chairman of both mass media company Televisa and professional football team Club América. In 1997, at the age of 29, Azcárr ...

, and daughters.

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1930 births 1997 deaths Emilio Azcarraga Milmo Mexican mass media owners Mexican people of Basque descent Mexican people of English descent Mexican people of Irish descent Businesspeople from San Antonio American people of Mexican descent Culver Academies alumni Mexican television executives 20th-century American businesspeople Chairmen of Televisa {{mexico-business-bio-stub

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