Maurício Torres
Maurício Torres | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 14, 1971 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | May 31, 2014 (aged 43) São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupation | Sports journalist |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Maurício Thomé Torres, better known as Maurício Torres (February 14, 1971 – May 31, 2014), was a Brazilian sports journalist. Torres covered three World Cups: 1994, in United States (he narrated by SporTV), 1998, in France and 2002 in South Korea and Japan (the two latter by TV Globo).
Career
Torres worked on the Sistema Globo de Rádio and in the 90s, he narrated matches to the channels Globosat. In 1996, Torres joined to TV Globo, where he did sport transmissions (he did olympic events, in addition to be eventual in the transmissions of matches of the teams of Rio de Janeiro) and presented the sport segment of the newscast Bom Dia Brasil and sporadically Globo Esporte and Esporte Espetacular - in addition of Espaço Aberto Esporte, from GloboNews.
In 2005, Torres received an invitation and was to Record, where he presented sports programs in the station (Esporte Record, Esporte Fantástico and Esporte Record News - the latter on Record News) and participated of the sport transmissions (Brazilian Soccer, precisally matches of the teams of Rio de Janeiro, European Soccer and olympic events).[1]
Death
Torres dead on May 31, 2014, at the age of 43, after being hospitalizes during a month since May 1 on the Hospital Sírio-Libanês, after having passed bad in a flight between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.[2] Upon disembarking, he was taken to the hospital, where a cardiac arrhythmia was diagnosed. His condition worsened following a pulmonary infection that did not respond to treatment, leading to his death.[3][4][5]
Torres left his wife, the reporter of TV Globo, Susana Naspolini (December 20, 1972 - October 25, 2022) and a daughter.[2]
References
- ↑ Araújo, Danielle (May 21, 2005). "Maurício Torres diz por que deixou a TV Globo" [Maurício Torres says why he left TV Globo]. Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on May 26, 2005. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
- 1 2 Redation (May 31, 2014). "Apresentador da Record, Maurício Torres morre em São Paulo" [Maurício Torres, presenter of Record, dies in São Paulo]. Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
- ↑ Redation (May 31, 2014). "Morre o locutor Maurício Torres" [Narrator Maurício Torres dies]. ge. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
- ↑ Redation (May 31, 2014). "Morre o jornalista esportivo Mauricio Torres" [Sports journalist Maurício Torres dies]. O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved June 27, 2026.
- ↑ Ricco, Flávio (May 31, 2014). "Apresentador do "Esporte Fantástico", Maurício Torres morre aos 43 anos" [Maurício Torres, presenter of "Esporte Fantástico", dies at age 43]. UOL TV e Famosos (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved June 27, 2026.