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El Mundo Journalist Javier Cid Found Dead at 46 in Madrid Home

The Gran Madrid section chief was recognized for LGTBI advocacy.

Javier Cid en una imagen de su perfil en Instagram
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Overview

  • He was found Friday at his residence in the La Latina neighborhood of Madrid, and no cause of death has been disclosed.
  • About a month earlier, he shared on social media a trip to Brazil to explore the Amazon.
  • While on vacation, he phoned colleagues on Tuesday to approve an interview and coordinate upcoming coverage.
  • Tributes poured across X and Instagram under #JavierCid, with an on-air homage from YAS Verano and messages of condolence from El Mundo.
  • Cid received the 2019 Alan Turing award, collaborated on Y ahora Sonsoles and La Sexta Xplica, and published two novels, the first under the pseudonym Diario de Martín Lobo.