Mario Machado

Broadcaster, actor, activist (1935-2013) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mario Machado
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Mario Machado (Mario Jose de Souza Machado; April 22, 1935 May 4, 2013) was an eight-time Emmy Award-winning television and radio broadcaster. He made television history when, in 1970, he became the first Chinese-American on-air television news reporter and anchor in Los Angeles and perhaps in the nation.[1]

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Machado in April 2005

He was also an actor starring in many movies such as Brian's Song (1971), Oh, God! (1977), The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979), Rocky III (1982), Scarface (1983), and St. Elmo's Fire (1985).

Machado was born on April 22, 1935 in Shanghai. He was married to Marie Christine D’Almada Remedios until his death in 2013. Machado died on May 4, 2013 from complication of pneumonia in his home in West Hills, California, aged 78.[2]

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