Guillermo Thorndike Losada (April 25, 1940 – March 9, 2009) was a

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vian journalist and writer, who helped to found several important newspapers within

. Thorndike helped to found ''

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'', one of the country's main national dailies, and was the founder of '' Cronicawan'', the first nationally circulated

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newspaper in Peru's history. He has been called one of the most important Peruvian journalists of the past 40 years.

Early life

Thorndike was born on April 25, 1940, in

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Career

Thorndike became the founding

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of ''

'' in 1981. Since its founding ''La República'' has remained one of Peru's main national daily newspapers. He also served as the editor of at least two other Peruvian newspapers, '' La Cronica'' and ''

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''. Additionally, Thorndike founded '' Cronicawan'', Peru's first nationally circulated Quechua language newspaper. Thorndike's writings dealt primarily with the societal and political problems affecting Peru. His most well known works included "El Año de la Barbarie en Lima" (The Year of Barbarism in Lima), "El Caso Banchero" (The Banchero Case) and "La Revolucion Imposible" (The Impossible Revolution). Thorndike's last position was as

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of RBC Televisión, a Peruvian station. He remained news director at the station until a few months before his death.

Death

Guillermo Thorndike died of a heart attack on March 9, 2009, in Lima, Peru, at the age of 69. His was cremated and buried at his family's

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in Lima's Presbitero Maestro Cemetery.

References

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