Avelino Muñoz Stevenson (November 23, 1956 at San Juan, Puerto Rico
â€" June 21, 2019 at Hato Rey, Puerto Rico) was a Puerto Rican
television sportscaster, newspaper reporter, actor, comedian, show
host, emcee, television producer and musical promoter of Panamanian
descent. He was, for many years, the main sportscaster and sports news
director of Puerto Rico's channel 6's television news shows. Muňoz
Stevenson was also the leader of the "Cabecitas Rapadas" foundation,
which aims at helping cancer patients and their families with among
other things, pharmacy, transportation and treatment costs.Muňoz
Stevenson was the son of the famed Panamanian musician Avelino Muñoz.
He began his professional life at the age of 16, when he started out
as a news reporter for one of the then three newspapers with a
national reach in Puerto Rico, El Dia' Soon after, he moved on to
working on Puerto Rican television and became friends with, among
others, the former Baloncesto Superior Nacional and Puerto Rico men's
national basketball team member Fufi Santori, himself a buddying
sportscaster and newspaper writer at the same time.Muňoz Stevenson
graduated from Juan Jose Osuna high school in Hato Rey and moved to
Spain where he studied at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
obtaining a degree in physical education.Muňoz Stevenson later worked
for El Reportero and El Mundo; he became sports news director at the
latter two newspapers.
â€" June 21, 2019 at Hato Rey, Puerto Rico) was a Puerto Rican
television sportscaster, newspaper reporter, actor, comedian, show
host, emcee, television producer and musical promoter of Panamanian
descent. He was, for many years, the main sportscaster and sports news
director of Puerto Rico's channel 6's television news shows. Muňoz
Stevenson was also the leader of the "Cabecitas Rapadas" foundation,
which aims at helping cancer patients and their families with among
other things, pharmacy, transportation and treatment costs.Muňoz
Stevenson was the son of the famed Panamanian musician Avelino Muñoz.
He began his professional life at the age of 16, when he started out
as a news reporter for one of the then three newspapers with a
national reach in Puerto Rico, El Dia' Soon after, he moved on to
working on Puerto Rican television and became friends with, among
others, the former Baloncesto Superior Nacional and Puerto Rico men's
national basketball team member Fufi Santori, himself a buddying
sportscaster and newspaper writer at the same time.Muňoz Stevenson
graduated from Juan Jose Osuna high school in Hato Rey and moved to
Spain where he studied at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
obtaining a degree in physical education.Muňoz Stevenson later worked
for El Reportero and El Mundo; he became sports news director at the
latter two newspapers.
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