Telemundo Executive José Suárez Dies in Helicopter Crash at 55
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José Alberto Suárez, president of Telemundo in Florida, died on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 in a helicopter accident in northern Kenya, near Mount Ololokwe. The accident claimed the lives of seven people, including Ecuador's intelligence director, Michele Sensi-Contugi, and his wife. With more than 25 years of media career, José Alberto Suárez led Telemundo stations in Orlando, Tampa and Fort Myers-Naples since 2024, and was recognized with multi…
Telemundo Executive José Suárez Dies In Helicopter Crash
José Alberto Suárez, president and general manager of Telemundo‘s TV stations in Orlando, Tampa and Fort Myers-Naples, Fla., died Wednesday in a helicopter crash, according to the NBCUniversal-owned broadcaster. He was 55.
José Suárez, president and general manager of three Telemundo-owned TV stations in Florida, died in a helicopter crash Wednesday in Kenya along with six others (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Todd Spangler / Variety: José Suárez, president and general manager of three Telemundo-owned TV stations in Florida, died in a helicopter crash Wednesday in Kenya along with six others — He was 55. — Suárez was one of four Americans who died in a helicopter crash in Samburu County in northeastern Kenya …
José Alberto Suárez, journalist and director of Telemundo, died at age 55 in the plane crash in Kenya with Michele Sensi-Contugi.
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