Héctor Benavides
Jesús Héctor Benavides Fernández (12 January 1941 – 13 November 2023), also known as Arquitecto Benavides, was a Mexican news anchor and radio personality whose journalistic career spanned over six decades in radio and 58 years on television, particularly in northeastern Mexico. Shortly before his death he set two Guinness World Records: "longest career as a television news broadcaster (male)" and "longest career as a television news broadcaster (same programme)".
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Héctor Benavides
- Name
- Héctor Benavides
- Birth Name
- Jesús Héctor Benavides Fernández
- Born
- 12 January 1941
- Birthplace
- Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
- Died
- 13 November 2023
- Occupation
- Journalist
- Education
- Autonomous University of Nuevo León
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Languages
- Spanish
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Jesús Héctor Benavides Fernández (12 January 1941 – 13 November 2023), also known as Arquitecto Benavides, was a Mexican news anchor and radio personality whose journalistic career spanned over six decades in radio and 58 years on television, particularly in northeastern Mexico. Shortly before his death he set two Guinness World Records: "longest career as a television news broadcaster (male)" and "longest career as a television news broadcaster (same programme)".
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Héctor Benavides (1941–2023) was a Mexican architect, journalist and television presenter, among other activities. The architect was born in Monterrey.
Héctor Benavides studied at Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León. The architect worked for Grupo Firmas Globales. Languages used include Spanish.
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• Name — Héctor Benavides • Birth Name — Jesús Héctor Benavides Fernández • Born — 12 January 1941 • Birthplace — Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico • Died — 13 November 2023 • Place of death — Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico • Occupation — Journalist • Education — Autonomous University of Nuevo León
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Benavides was born in Monterrey and received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL, 1964). Benavides died in Monterrey on 13 November 2023, at the age of 82.
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1941
Héctor Benavides was born on 12 January 1941.
2023
Héctor Benavides died on 13 November 2023.
Books
• Monterrey: Ciudad noticia (1976) • Los cuervos y la paloma (1979) • El habla popular en Monterrey (1994) • 45 años... Mi vida en radio y televisión (2005) • 50 años en el mundo de la noticia (2010) • La sexta pantalla (2012) • Huracán Gilberto: 25 años después (2013) • 45 años, 45 historias (2013) • El hombre en la Luna: 50 Aniversario (2019) • Casi 82 años... Archivo de un reportero (2022).
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- 1.Milenio. Muere el arquitecto Héctor Benavides, ícono de Multimedios, a los 82 años. 13 November 2023.
- 2.Aristegui Noticias. Murió el arquitecto Héctor Benavides, referente de los medios en Monterrey. 13 November 2023.
- 3.Longest career as a television news broadcaster (same programme). Guinness World Record.
- 4.Guadarrama, Armando. Quién era Héctor Benavides, el querido conductor de noticias que murió a los 82 años. Infobae. 13 November 2023.
- 5.Rodríguez, Alejandro. Muere el arquitecto Héctor Benavides, presentador de noticias, a los 82 años. ABC Noticias. 13 November 2023.
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