Luis Fernando Romo
Updated Wednesday, February 21, 2024-21:29
Radio Doctor and popularizer Bartolomé Beltrán dies at 74
Married and with children The shielded personal life of Dr. Beltrán beyond his great popularity
The destiny of
Ramón Sánchez-Ocaña
(81) seemed written from his birth since his father was a doctor and president of the
College of Dentistry
.
However, while his father and some of his siblings opted for that branch, he
graduated
from the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of Oviedo, where he met
his current wife, María Luisa. .
There are six decades of love that the journalist - yes, many continue to confuse him as a doctor, but he is
a popularizer
- blesses every day.
They have had
three daughters,
one a journalist and illustrator, another a judge and another a sculptor, who have given them
seven grandchildren.
Sánchez-Ocaña and his wife, María Luisa, in 2009.GTRES
He enjoys
acting as a grandfather,
but seniority is a degree, he knows how to retire when the situation gets heated with the hustle and bustle of the little ones.
As a journalist he started at
La Voz de Asturias
and
La Nueva España
and soon
moved to Madrid
to work at
El País
and became very popular by
presenting the Telediario
on TVE.
Then came one of the first science programs,
Horizons
.
However, his face will be framed
for posterity
in
Better Be Safe (1979-1987), where
guidelines for the quality of life
were offered in a didactic manner
and the doubts of the viewers were resolved.
At a time when there were only two channels, this
Asturian
wise man easily gathered
18 million people
every Friday at eight in the afternoon.
He has thousands of anecdotes
from that time
, but there was a very funny one that he remembered for
The Objective
when a lady called his secretary to tell her to see him and when my assistant told her that
he was not a doctor, but a journalist,
he replied that it didn't matter, to go see her.
Iñaki Gabilondo, Luis del Olmo and Ramón Sánchez-Ocaña.GTRES
A man of great wisdom,
good-natured, loved and lovable
and with an innate ability to reach out to others, Sánchez-Ocaña's
success never went to his head.
He continued working incessantly until he was 75 and decided
to retire
because he didn't like the direction the media was taking.
But he still has the bug inside him and from time to time he finds himself
writing a book
or opinion articles, like the one he did a few days ago in
La Razón
to say goodbye to his
friend and colleague Bartolomé Beltrán,
who died at the age of 74.
He also watches a lot of television with a critical spirit.
He is able to watch several programs at the same time while zapping and dissect which ones are going to be successful and which others are going to disappear in less time than a calandria sings.