Historic Argentine football commentator Marcelo Araujo passed away this Monday at the age of 78, after being hospitalized for several days in a clinic in Vicente López, and various sports journalists remembered him, highlighting his career. As reported by the Argentine News Agency, Araujo died at 2 a.m.; the family decided there will be no wake and he will be cremated this Wednesday morning in Chacarita. As a journalist, Araujo earned the respect and affection of football fans for his unforgettable commentaries and his program 'Fútbol de Primera.' For more than a decade, he was the main commentator in the Argentine First Division championships, forming an unparalleled duo with another legend of sports journalism, Enrique Macaya Márquez. In addition, he commentated for the Argentine national team during various World Cups and Copa Américas. Araujo left his mark on television. After a few years of inactivity, he returned to commentary between 2009 and 2014 with Fútbol Para Todos, before retiring definitively. Following the sad news of his passing, one of the journalists who remembered him was Daniel Avellaneda, host of 'La Oral Deportiva' on Radio Rivadavia AM 630, who highlighted: 'He was the number one commentator of his time. Bold, disruptive, a poet on the air.' Araujo put his own stamp on it with iconic phrases. 'That gave him a particular, unique seal, and beyond the fact that later some commentators followed his school, that was unparalleled,' added Avellaneda in his memory of the historic commentator. In turn, Jorge Marinelli, also a member of 'La Oral Deportiva' and 'El Show de los Grandes' which is broadcast on Splendid AM 990, remembered Araujo as 'a revolutionary in sports journalism, he imposed a unique, informal style that forever changed the history of television commentary. He combined his knowledge of the game with touches of humor; that made his figure transcend beyond Argentina.' 'He was a lover of what he did and also very generous with all who shared the space he had both on radio and television,' he concluded.
