Felipe Humberto Camiroaga Fernández (8 October 1966 â€" 2 September
2011) was a Chilean television presenter and actor, one of the most
popular in his country.Camiroaga hosted many shows for Chilean
television station TVN, including the morning talk show Buenos DÃas a
Todos and a late-night talk show Animal Nocturno. He also acted in
several TV series, such as Jaque Mate and Rojo y Miel, and in two
films. Camiroaga twice hosted the Viña del Mar International Song
Festival in 2009 and 2010. He was nicknamed "Halcón de Chicureo"
("Falcon of Chicureo") because he bred falcons in his residence in
Chicureo, a rural area north of Santiago.Camiroaga died on 2 September
2011 after the military plane which was taking him and twenty others
to Juan Fernández Archipelago crashed in the sea. Camiroaga's death
was officially announced seven days later, and after a funeral oration
at TVN's headquarters, he was buried in Santiago. He has been
posthumously awarded several prizes, including the "Social
Communicator Special Award" by the National Council of Television in
2011.
2011) was a Chilean television presenter and actor, one of the most
popular in his country.Camiroaga hosted many shows for Chilean
television station TVN, including the morning talk show Buenos DÃas a
Todos and a late-night talk show Animal Nocturno. He also acted in
several TV series, such as Jaque Mate and Rojo y Miel, and in two
films. Camiroaga twice hosted the Viña del Mar International Song
Festival in 2009 and 2010. He was nicknamed "Halcón de Chicureo"
("Falcon of Chicureo") because he bred falcons in his residence in
Chicureo, a rural area north of Santiago.Camiroaga died on 2 September
2011 after the military plane which was taking him and twenty others
to Juan Fernández Archipelago crashed in the sea. Camiroaga's death
was officially announced seven days later, and after a funeral oration
at TVN's headquarters, he was buried in Santiago. He has been
posthumously awarded several prizes, including the "Social
Communicator Special Award" by the National Council of Television in
2011.
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