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(Redirected from Pedro Ferriz Santacruz) Mexican radio and television presenter In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ferriz and the second or maternal family name is Santacruz.
Pedro Ferriz Santa Cruz
BornMarch 17, 1921
Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
DiedSeptember 3, 2013(2013-09-03) (aged 92)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
EducationUNAM
OccupationJournalist
Known forRadio and television presenter in Mexico.
ChildrenPedro Ferriz de Con
Parent(s)Pedro Ferriz Monroy
Josefina Ferriz (née Santacruz)

Pedro Ferriz Santa Cruz, (March 17, 1921 – September 3, 2013) was a veteran radio and television presenter in Mexico.

His long career includes programs such as Noticiario Nescafe, Las trece del trece and La Pregunta de los 64,000 Pesos (The $64,000 Question). One of his best-known programs is Un mundo nos vigila (A world is watching us), a radio show about the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life, which started on station XEW and was later broadcast on the Imagen Radio network until his death.

Ferriz Santacruz was a candidate for the Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction (PC) as a senator in 1991 and in 1997, the party's last election, for Head of Government of Mexico City.

Pedro Ferriz Santacruz was the son of Pedro Ferriz Monroy, a railroader, and Josefina Santacruz, a school teacher, also was the father of radio and television news announcer Pedro Ferríz de Con and grandfather of announcer Pedro Ferriz Hijar.

References

  1. "Celebra Pedro Ferriz Santa Cruz 90 años de vida". GrupoFórmula. March 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  2. "'Un pueblo nos vigila': alto a la sobrepoblación (Interview)". Siempre!. February 20, 1997. Retrieved 2011-04-01.


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