Mexican sports reporter André Marín passed away on Monday at the age of 52 due to complications following double lung surgery.
Marín revealed in 2022 that he was suffering from bacterial pneumonia and had been hospitalized several times in recent years.
TelevisaUnivisión, the company for which he worked, confirmed the news on Monday.
“On behalf of TelevisaUnivisión, we express our deepest condolences on the passing of our dear colleague and dear friend, André Marín, a distinguished sports journalist,” the network said in a statement.
“His charisma, character and ability to analyze quickly made him one of the most beloved and recognized faces of sports journalism in Mexico and the world,” TUDN added.
Marín began working at Imevisión as a production assistant at the age of 14. When the station became TV Azteca, Marín continued working in the sports department until joining FOX Sports in 2011. He was known as the host of the program “La Última Palabra” (The Last Word) about Mexican soccer.
Marín has long worked alongside renowned journalists David Feitelson and José Ramón Fernández at TV Azteca and has been known as a sports opinion leader in the media.
“Today is a really sad day, André Marín passed away this morning at the age of 52, he fought the disease until the end, may he rest in peace,” Feitelson said on his show on the MVS network. He also does special segments during the day on TUDN.
“I took him with me since he was 14, he was very young, he learned, he grew up and when I finally joined ESPN, in October 2007, I stopped seeing him,” said Fernandez, who has been with him for 17 years. He has worked for ESPN Deportes. “I saw him at the meeting and I hugged him. I knew he was fragile, very fragile. It is sad to repress him in such a delicate state. May he who was a great friend rest in peace.”
In a program with sports reporter Javier Alarcón, he shared that he contracted a bacteria that brought him to the brink of death.
“The COVID pandemic gave me something that I don’t recommend anyone to take, called Clostridium. It’s a stomach infection that, if you don’t take care of it with very strong antibiotics, can perforate your intestines and pancreas,” Marín said at the time.
In another interview with journalist Pati Chapoy on a show, he explained that his illness was due to stress.
“The diverticula and the stress, everything was due to stress,” said Marín. “I lost 40 kilos, I’m leaving, Pati, but I kept my life, Pati and my children.”
Marin is survived by his wife, Patty Arreola, and three sons, Andre Jr., Alonso and Mauro.
