Julio Scherer García (7 April 1926 – 7 January 2015) was a Mexican author and journalist. He was the editor of the daily newspaper ''
Excélsior'' from 1968 to 1976. He also was the founder of the newsmagazine ''
Proceso''.
Scherer died of
septic shock
Septic shock is a potentially fatal medical condition that occurs when sepsis, which is organ injury or damage in response to infection, leads to dangerously low blood pressure and abnormalities in cellular metabolism. The Third International Con ...
at the age of 88. The news of his death was reported on the website of ''Proceso''.
Among other offspring is his son Julio Scherer Ibarra who is an attorney, writer and politician currently serving since 2018 as a juridical counselor to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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1926 births
2015 deaths
Writers from Mexico City
Mexican newspaper founders
Mexican journalists
Male journalists
Mexican people of German descent
Deaths from sepsis
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