Ted Córdova (1936-2011)
• Home / Portal • News / Noticias • Galleries / Galerías • Expos • Media • Cart / Canasta • Comments / Comentarios • Links / Contactos •NEW YORK (MAY 23, 2011) - Recently I learned the sad news that
Ted Córdova Claure had died on May 10 in Havelock, NC, where he
had been living for more than a decade with his wife Mary Boylan
and their daughter Fionna. Together with Mario Planet he was the
biggest influence in m y career as a photojournalist. He taught me
things you cannot learn in a classroom and helped me in so many
ways that I would be hard put to remember them all. He was born in
Bolivia and lived part of his life in different countries of Latin America,
his passion. I consider myself lucky to have known him even the
short time that we were together in Chile in the early 60's. Having
started his journalistic career as a a sports reporter he had an
encyclopedic knowledge of soccer (football for the rest of us), a sport
he even played professionally in Chile. During the Torres presidency
in Bolivia he was machine gunned and barely survived his wounds.
In the early 2000's, after a stroke, he wrote a letter to his friends
saying good-bye. In typical fashion it took him another decade to
make good on that. I just wish it had taken him another decade or so.
I will not forget Ted Córdova, a magnificent man.
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NEW YORK (MAYO 23, 2011) - Recientement me llegó la triste
noticia de la muerte de Ted Córdova Claure sucedida el 10 de mayo
en Havelock, Carolina del Norte, EE.UU., donde vivía desde hace
más de una década con Mary Boylan y su hija Fiona. Junto a Mariio
Planet, Ted fue la mayor influencia en mi carrera de fotógrafo. Me
enseñó cosas que no se pueden arender en una sala de clases y
me ayudó de tantas maneras que me sería difícil recordarlas todas.
Ted nació en Bolivia y vivió parte de su vida en diferentes países de
latinoamérica, su pasión. Me considero suertudo el haberlo
conocido el poco tiempo que estuvimos juntos en Chile a comienzos
de la década de los 60. Habiendo comenzado su carrera
periodística como comentarista deportivo, tenía un conocimiento
enciclopédico del fútbol, deporte que practicó profesionalmente en
la Universidad de Chile. Durante la presidencia de Torres en Bolivia
fue ametrallado y apenas sobrevivió sus heridas. A comienzos de la
década de los 2000, después de un derrame cerebral, escribió una
carta a sus amigos despidiéndose de todos. Típicamente, le tomó
otra década llevar a cabo esa despedida. Solo me habría gustado
que se hubiera demorado otra década o más. No olvidaré a Ted
Córdova, un hombre magnífico.