Marina de Navasal
Marina Kunstmann Oettinger (11 May 1922 – 25 January 2016), better known as Marina de Navasal, was a Chilean journalist, television presenter, and radio announcer of German descent.[1] BiographyMarina Kunstmann Oettinger was the fourth daughter of Arturo Kunstmann Gerkens and Inés Oettinger. After marrying Spanish journalist José María Navasal , she began to sign with his surname. The couple had two children, Joaquín and Ximena, who both became journalists.[2] Marina de Navasal began her journalism career in 1945, at the newspaper Las Últimas Noticias, and later at El Mercurio de Santiago. She was also a columnist for the newspapers El Mercurio de Valparaíso[3] and El Rancagüino.[4] In 1955 she founded the news service Agencia Informativa Orbe , together with Alfredo Valdés Loma, Andrés Aburto, and her husband.[2] She was a columnist for the magazines Ecran (of which she was director from 1960 to 1964)[5] and TV Guía .[6] On television, she was a panelist for the Canal 13 program Almorzando en el Trece (1974–2000) and announcer for Radio Prat, both together with her husband José María.[7] On 29 July 1981 the Navasal/Kunstmann team provided live commentary for the marriage of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer for Canal 13.[8] In 1985 she won the Lenka Franulic Award, and in 1995 she and her husband received the Orbe Award.[3] Marina de Navasal was widowed in 1999, and died on 25 January 2016, at her home in Machalí.[1] References
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