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.[2]
Ramón Enrique Torres Guzmán | |
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 Torres in 2020 | |
| Born | October 26, 1952 |
| Died | December 13, 2023 (aged 71) |
| Education | University of Puerto Rico |
| Occupation(s) | News anchor, reporter |
| Years active | 1976–2021 |
| Notable credit | Informe 79 |
| Children | Layza Torres Xavier Enrique Torres |
Torres began his career in television in 1976. He worked for nine years at Telemundo, working alongside veteran reporter Aníbal González Irizarry. In 1986, he returned to Tele-Once 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.[3] Torres was also the father of actor Xavier Enrique Torres. 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 New York, New York, for treatment.[4] He died from the disease on December 13, 2023, at age the of 71.[5]
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edit- ^ Ponceños Ilustres. Dia Mundial de Ponce 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "Recoge velas Univision PR, un centenar de cesanteados y cierra Noticias - NotiCel™". www.noticel.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-20.
- ^ Frances Tirado (July 29, 2011). "Pura diversión en Tu Mañana". Primera Hora.
- ^ "Ramón Enrique Torres fue trasladado a Nueva York para atender su cáncer". 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Fallece el periodista y ancla de televisión Ramón Enrique Torres". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2023-12-13. Retrieved 2023-12-13.