Àngel Casas

Àngel Casas i Mas (17 April 1946 – 1 October 2022) was a Spanish journalist and writer.[1][2][3]

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Casas and the second or maternal family name is Mas; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Àngel Casas
Casas in 2012
Born
Àngel Casas i Mas

(1946-04-17)17 April 1946
Barcelona, Spain
Died1 October 2022(2022-10-01) (aged 76)
Barcelona, Spain
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer

Biography

Casas began his career at Radio Juventud, then moved to Radio Barcelona. Among the programs he presented was Trotadiscos, which won a Premios Ondas in 1972. In the same year, he published the book 45 revolutions in Spain, a sociological and musical analysis of the sixties.[4]

In 1978, Casas worked at Radio 4 on one of the first Catalan-language programmes La clau i el duro, in which he described locations in Barcelona.[5] He started working in television in 1977, under the guidance of Carlos Tena and Diego A. Manrique, on the musical program Popgrama, on Televisión Española. After that, Casas presented and directed his own programme on La 1 and NME from 1980 to 1983.[1]

In 1984, when Televisió de Catalunya started broadcasting, Casas worked there and became the star of the channel with his own program Àngel Casas Show, a talk show that remained on the screen until 1988. The programme earned him the 1984 Golden Antenna Award and also a Premios Ondas. He was hired to work at the Cadena SER to help present the magazine El sermón. He served as the director for Barcelona Televisió from 2008 to 2014, but retired due to ill health.[1]

In 2020, he had a kidney transplant and subsequently suffered from calciphylaxis, which resulted in the amputation of both of his legs.[6] He was honored with the Creu de Sant Jordi for his known work.[7] Casas died on 1 October 2022 in Barcelona, at the age of 76.[1][8]

References
  1. "The legendary journalist Àngel Casas, pioneer of the talk show in Catalonia, dies at the age of 76". CCMA (in Catalan). 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. Palés, Alejandra (1 October 2021). ""A tv giant" and "master of journalists": the world of communication mourns the death of Àngel Casas". Ara (in Catalan). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  3. Vall, Toni (1 October 2022). "Casas, the show will last forever". Ara (in Catalan). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  4. Rodriguez Pico, Alfred (7 October 2012), "Interview, Àngel Casas", La Xarxa (in Catalan)
  5. "The Radio of Resistance". El Punt (in Catalan). 14 December 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  6. Vall, Toni (3 August 2021). "Angel Casas: "I've come out of hell"". Ara (in Catalan). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. "The 2007 St. George's Crosses are reduced to one third", Directe.cat (in Catalan), 13 June 2007
  8. Gutierrez, Alex (1 October 2021). "Àngel Casas, the most groundbreaking spirit of early TV3, dies". Ara (in Catalan). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
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