Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 | 4:26 a.m.
Edmundo “Eddie” Escobedo, founder and publisher of El Mundo Spanish-language newspaper and president of the Mexican Patriotic Committee, died Friday afternoon.
The 77-year-old former president of the National Association of Hispanic Publications and a respected figure of the Hispanic community was with his wife, children and close family members during his final moments at Sunrise Hospital.
“He enjoyed a long and adventurous life living the American dream,” Escobedo’s son Edmundo Escobedo Jr. said in announcing his father’s death.
Besides being the founder and publisher of El Mundo, Escobedo was a columnist for the newspaper writing pieces Sen. Harry Reid described as “incisive.”
“Yes, he wrote incisive columns. He knew this town inside and out,” Reid said in a statement. “But it was his big heart that made him the outstanding community leader he was.”
Escobedo is survived by his wife, Maria, his children, Eddie Jr., Hilda, Nicolas and Victor, and grandchildren.
Services will be announced at a later date.
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