Pedro Ferriz Santa Cruz, (March 17, 1921[1] – September 3, 2013) was a veteran radio and television presenter in Mexico.
Pedro Ferriz Santa Cruz | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 17, 1921 |
| Died | September 3, 2013 (aged 92) |
| Education | UNAM |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Radio and television presenter in Mexico. |
| Children | Pedro Ferriz de Con |
| Parent(s) | Pedro Ferriz Monroy Josefina Ferriz (née Santacruz) |
His long career includes programs such as Noticiario Nescafe, Las trece del trece and La Pregunta de los 64,000 Pesos (The $64,000 Question). One of his best-known programs is Un mundo nos vigila (A world is watching us), a radio show about the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life, which started on station XEW and was later broadcast on the Imagen Radio network until his death.
Ferriz Santacruz was a candidate for the Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction (PC) as a senator in 1991 and in 1997, the party's last election, for Head of Government of Mexico City.[2]
Pedro Ferriz Santacruz was the son of Pedro Ferriz Monroy, a railroader, and Josefina Santacruz, a school teacher, also was the father of radio and television news announcer Pedro Ferríz de Con and grandfather of announcer Pedro Ferriz Hijar.
References
edit- ^ "Celebra Pedro Ferriz Santa Cruz 90 años de vida". GrupoFórmula. March 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "'Un pueblo nos vigila': alto a la sobrepoblación (Interview)". Siempre!. February 20, 1997. Retrieved 2011-04-01.[dead link]
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