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ABC Castilla y León Delegate José María Ayala Dies at 50

Colleagues in Castilla y León pay tribute to a newsroom craftsman remembered for working to the end.

Overview

  • Obituaries and opinion columns published October 23–24 confirm his death and highlight his leadership of ABC's regional pages.
  • He experienced a convulsive episode in the newsroom in late August and was taken to the Hospital Clínico, where tests indicated a serious condition.
  • Colleagues report that cancer was diagnosed less than two months before his death.
  • He kept working until the final days, including recent shifts in the Valladolid newsroom, underscoring his dedication to the paper.
  • Remembrances portray him as an old‑school, rigorous editor who shunned social media and excelled at headlines, with roots linked to Montehermoso and Irún, as journalists and local figures gathered to mourn.