Monday, May 6

Edna Schmidt: Her Life of Tragedies and Struggles


The journalist died on 24 of July and despite having been away from television for a long time, thousands of people remembered his work on the small screen

Edna Schmidt: Su vida de tragedias y luchas
Edna Schmidt.

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Marymar Alvarez

Edna Schmidt, a journalist for Univision and Telemundo, recently passed away after a life full of difficulties. The woman of 54 years not only faced a terrible problem with alcohol, but also had to live the death of two loved ones.

Months ago, Schmidt faced the death of his mother ; occurred during the pandemic and was derived from complications from coronavirus. This caused Edna’s depression to intensify, however she struggled not to fall into bad habits.

Another moment that marked her in life was the loss of her fiancé David, in the year 2005. Schmidt preferred to live his mourning in silence and took refuge in his work. Over time it became known that he had fallen into a serious alcoholism problem. As a result, she was fired from a Univision newscast in the year 2011 when found in drunk in the chain parking lot.

Later he joined the ranks of Telemundo, where he was at the forefront of the newscast Chicago News News profession and was fired.

This information was disclosed in an interview that gave Neida Sandoval last April, currently the video can no longer be enc Found on Sandoval’s YouTube channel because it was removed at Schmidt’s request, days before he died. According to what the also journalist reported, Schmidt planned her return to the small screen and thought that the interview did not show a good image of her.

Currently little is known about the death of Edna Schmidt. The journalist died at her home in Puerto Rico, where she had gone to live since to overcome his alcoholism. A few days ago the journalist Martín Berlanga assured on his Instagram account that a fall had been the reason for the death . However, Edna Schmidt’s cause of death has yet to be confirmed by the family.

Although Edna had moved away from television, she still had great friends medium. All of them expressed their condolences through social networks and with words of affection they fired her, always remembering her as a fighter and a great professional.

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