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Luis Pedro Toni, Pioneering Argentine Entertainment Journalist, Dies at 91

His family has requested privacy with no public wake.

Overview

  • His death was confirmed Tuesday by his son, Diego Toni, who notified Argentine media.
  • Multiple outlets report that he died of natural causes associated with his advanced age.
  • Across more than six decades, he helped define entertainment coverage through La Razón’s back‑page column and the Reporter del espectáculo franchise he launched in 1966.
  • He became a household name on air with long runs at Radio Rivadavia, seven years on Canal 9’s Nuevediario, and key roles in Polémica en el bar.
  • In later years he shifted focus to theology studies at the Universidad Católica Argentina as colleagues and cultural institutions now pay tribute to his influence.