Ramón Enrique Torres Guzmán (October 26, 1952 – December 13, 2023) was a Puerto Rican reporter, journalist, and news anchor. He served as the news anchor of ''Informe 79'' from Mega TV Puerto Rico. He formerly served as the news anchor for the show '' Las Noticias'' from Univision Puerto Rico before the Network abruptly canceled it on October 17, 2014. Torres began his career in television in 1976. He worked for nine years at Telemundo, working alongside veteran reporter

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. In 1986, he returned to

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where he served as news anchor of ''Las Noticias''. In 2011, he and his daughter, reporter Layza Torres, joined '' Tu Mañana'' as news anchor, alongside Elwood Cruz. Torres was also the father of actor

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. He later worked at WMTJ as anchor of ''Sistema TV Informa''. In 2019, Torres returned to television along with his daughter Layza to work together on its local newscast ''Informe 79'' on WTCV. Torres received numerous awards for his work, like the Overseas Press Club, Agüeybana and Paoli Awards, among others. He also worked as a radio broadcaster. On April 4, 2022, Torres was diagnosed with throat cancer. During July of that year, he was transported to

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, for treatment. He died from the disease on December 13, 2023, at age the of 71.

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Ramón Enrique Torres Profile
on Univision Puerto Rico {{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, Ramon Enrique 1952 births 2023 deaths Deaths from throat cancer in the United States Journalists from Ponce Puerto Rican journalists Puerto Rican news anchors People from Ponce, Puerto Rico

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