Ricardo Boechat
{{Short description|Brazilian news anchor (1952–2019)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ricardo Boechat
| image = Ricardo Boechat.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Boechat in 2010
| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|07|13}}
| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
| birth_name = Ricardo Eugênio Boechat
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|02|11|1952|07|13}}
| death_place = São Paulo, Brazil
| nationality = Brazilian
| spouse = {{Marriage|Veruska Seibel|2005}}
| other_names =
| occupation = Journalist
| known_for =
| television = BandNews FM, Band TV
| children = 6
}}
Ricardo Eugênio Boechat (July 13, 1952 – February 11, 2019) was a Brazilian news anchor. He worked for newspapers such as O Globo, O Dia, O Estado de São Paulo and Jornal do Brasil. Before his death, he was active as a news director and radio anchor at BandNews FM and held a position as television anchor at Jornal da Band. Boechat won three Esso Journalism Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.premioexxonmobil.com.br/site/premio_principal/index.aspx?year=1989|title=Esso Award|language=pt|accessdate=March 9, 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621132213/http://www.premioexxonmobil.com.br/site/premio_principal/index.aspx?year=1989|archivedate=June 21, 2015}} He entertained a weekly column at news magazine IstoÉ,{{Cite web|url=http://www.istoe.com.br/colunas-e-blogs/colunista/2_RICARDO+BOECHAT|title=Boechat's Weekly Column in IstoÉ|language=pt|accessdate=January 18, 2012|archive-date=April 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427092600/http://www.istoe.com.br/colunas-e-blogs/colunista/2_RICARDO+BOECHAT|url-status=dead}} and in 2002 authored the book Copacabana Palace.{{cite book|last=Root|first=Regina A.|title=The Latin American Fashion Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l8LNOJB7Z6UC&pg=PA189|accessdate=May 10, 2011|year=2005|publisher=Berg Publishers|isbn=978-1-85973-893-1|page=189}}
Career
Boechat began his career in 1970 as reporter at the newspapers O Estado de S. Paulo, Jornal do Brasil, and the now extinct Diário de Notícias. In 1983 went to the newspaper O Globo. In 1987 he served a six-month term as the Secretariat of Social Communication in the government of Moreira Franco (1987–1991). After fulfilling that commitment he returned to O Globo. At the same time, he began teaching at the College of the City of Rio de Janeiro, where he was involved in editing the monthly newsletter. He hosted a radio news program on BandNews FM, served as an anchor on the news program Jornal da Band, wrote a column for the newspaper O Dia in Rio de Janeiro, and a weekly column in the magazine Isto É.{{cite web |last1=Rodrigues |first1=Artur |last2=Gomes |first2=Paulo |title=Jornalista Ricardo Boechat morre em queda de helicóptero em SP |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2019/02/jornalista-ricardo-boechat-morre-em-queda-de-helicoptero-em-sp.shtml |website=Folha de S. Paulo |date=February 11, 2019 |accessdate=February 13, 2019 |language=Portuguese}}{{cite web |last1=Jurgenfeld |first1=Vanessa |title=Pelas novas ondas do rádio |url=http://observatoriodaimprensa.com.br/interesse-publico/_ed749_pelas_novas_ondas_do_radio/ |website=Observatório da Imprensa |date=June 4, 2013 |accessdate=February 13, 2019 |language=Portuguese}}{{cite news |title=Ricardo Boechat: Brazil news anchor dies in helicopter crash |work=BBC News |date=February 11, 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47196268 |accessdate=February 13, 2019}}
Boechat voiced a jaguar newscaster in the Brazilian version of the American animated film Zootopia (Zootropolis). Other versions of Zootopia released in other countries use different newscaster characters.Loughrey, Clarisse. "[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/zootropolis-new-anchors-change-animal-depending-on-what-country-youre-in-a6916651.html Zootropolis' new anchors change animal depending on what country you're in]." The Independent. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
Personal life
Boechat was first married to Claudia Costa de Andrade and they had four children. He later married Veruska and they had two children.{{Cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2019/02/duas-pessoas-morrem-em-queda-de-helicoptero-no-rodoanel-em-sp.shtml|title=Jornalista Ricardo Boechat morre em queda de helicóptero em SP|date=February 11, 2019|website=Folha de S.Paulo|language=pt-BR|access-date=February 11, 2019}}
Death
{{main| 2019 São Paulo helicopter crash}}
Boechat died in a helicopter crash on February 11, 2019, near São Paulo, Brazil. Four days later, the Legal Medical Institute published that a politraumatic head injury caused the death of the journalist.{{cite web|url=https://br.noticias.yahoo.com/laudo-iml-revela-causa-da-morte-jornalista-ricardo-boechat-220243100.html|title=Laudo do IMl revela a causa da morte de Boechat|publisher=Yahoo Notícias|language=pt|date=February 15, 2019|accessdate=February 15, 2019}}
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Category:Mass media people from Buenos Aires
Category:Argentine emigrants to Brazil
Category:Brazilian people of French descent
Category:Brazilian people of Swiss descent
Category:Brazilian radio personalities
Category:Radio and television announcers
Category:Mass media people from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Brazil
Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2019
Category:Victims of helicopter accidents or incidents