
Edgardo del Villar’s heartbreaking video telling how he found out he had cancer. (Photo: Edgardo del Villar-Instagram)
Following the failure of journalist and former Telemundo driver Edgardo del Villar, the heartbreaking video resurfaced where, with long eyes, he recounts how he faced cancer, which eventually ended his life at age 50. of age.
From Telemundo 51 you can see the testimony of Edgardo del Villar, who lived for moments to know his terminal diagnosis. The journalist would return to television after winning the battle against cancer.
Moved, the former Telemundo driver shared that when the doctor told him that he had three tumors in his brain, it was not “nice news”, much less that three tumors were carcinogenic.
“And the worst news was when they put an expiration label on you, that’s the hardest of all,” confessed Edgardo del Villar, who died in a New York hospital.
Telemundo regretted the loss and sent its condolences to the journalist’s family.
“Edgardo del Villar passed away. We come together to offer our deepest condolences to Edgardo’s mother, his brothers, his wife Carolina and his beloved daughter, Dana Princesa. They will remain forever in our hearts. When Edgardo joined Telemundo 47, he was recognized as a talented journalist and narrator, with a smile that lit up the screen, ”said the Telemundo 47 team.
Edgardo del Villar was part of programs such as Al rojo vivo, A New Day and Telemundo News.
During his career he covered various events such as the September 19, 2017 earthquake, the 2016 train crash at the train station in Hoboken, New Jersey.
He also covered the 2016 presidential election, the capture and arrest of Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, and the 2015 riots in the city of Baltimore.
Prior to joining Telemundo in 2013, del Villar was a presenter for 12 years of Las Noticias, Televisa’s television news program in Monterrey, Mexico.