Fernando Argenta

Fernando Argenta
Fernando Argenta (far left) in 2009.
Born
Fernando Martín de Argenta Pallarés

(1945-07-04)4 July 1945
Died3 December 2013(2013-12-03) (aged 68)
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist, musician, presenter
Years active1976–2008

Fernando Martín de Argenta Pallarés (4 July 1945 – 3 December 2013) was a Spanish writer, journalist, musician and presenter of radio and television.[citation needed]

Born in Madrid, the son of conductor and pianist Ataúlfo Argenta, Argenta completed advanced studies in music at the Madrid Royal Conservatory, he combined activity with the Bachelor of Law from the Complutense University of Madrid. In his youth, he was a member of the rock band Micky and The Tonys, which he left in 1965 to fulfill the military service.[citation needed]

In 1976, Argenta began working at Radio Nacional de España (RNE), the station that ran the program Popular Classics.[citation needed]

In 2003, 2004 and 2006, he was the commentator of RTVE in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest held in Copenhagen (Denmark), Lillehammer (Norway) and Bucharest (Romania), respectively.[citation needed]

Fernando Argenta died of pancreatic cancer on 3 December 2013, aged 68, in Boadilla del Monte, Community of Madrid.[1]

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