Cristina Pacheco, foremost chronicler of street life in Mexico for half a century, has died at 82
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Cristina Pacheco, the foremost chronicler of street life in Mexico City for half a century, has died at 82
MEXICO CITY -- Cristina Pacheco, the foremost chronicler of street life in Mexico City for half a century, died Thursday at 82.
With her newspaper column and television shows, Pacheco shed light on the common, unsung heroes who kept Mexico’s economy and culture alive.
Pacheco was most often seen walking the streets of Mexico City, conducting animated interviews with craftspeople, street vendors, merchants, musicians and people from all walks of life.
“With more than 50 years in the world of journalism, Cristina Pacheco was close to her people and to each and every story she heard on the streets of Mexico,” according to an announcement by her show, “Talking with Cristina,” which confirmed her death.
Her daughter, Laura Emilia Pacheco, also confirmed the death, but did not specify a cause. Pacheco was married to Mexican writer José Emilio Pacheco, who died in 2014.
