Jordi Estadella

Jordi Estadella Gracia (11 November 1948 – 30 April 2010) was a Spanish voice actor, journalist, radio and television host and film dubber. Estadella's career spanned more than 40 years.[1] He was best known to Spaniards as the host of the game show, Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez, from 1991 until 1993.[1]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Estadella and the second or maternal family name is Gracia.
Jordi Estadella
Born
Jorge Estadella Gracia

(1948-11-11)11 November 1948
Barcelona, Spain
Died30 April 2010(2010-04-30) (aged 61)
Barcelona, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationJournalist, Film dubber, Voice actor

Estadella began his career in 1970 at Radio Juventud de Barcelona (Barcelona Youth Radio).[1] He began working as a voice actor and dubber beginning in 1977,[2] providing in the Spanish and Catalan voices of dozens of actors and characters in film, including Groucho Marx, Richard Guilliland, Jerry Lewis and Luc Durand in Inspector Gadget.[1][3]

Estadella made his television debut in 1985 as host of the TV3 talk show, Piano Bar.[1] In 1990, he began presenting the Televisión Española show, No te rías, que es peor.[1] Estadella further increased his television presence nationwide in 1991 as host of the popular game show, Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez, which he continued to host until 1993.[1] The role made Estadella a household name throughout Spain.[1]

He spent much of the next two decades working with either the Telecinco television station or the Catalan channel, TV3.[1] In his later years, Estadella returned to radio, hosting several gastronomical shows, including De boca en boca on COM Radio de Barcelona.[1] He was also the host of the Spanish version of Greed.

Jordi Estadella died at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona at 4 a.m. on 30 April 2010 at the age of 61, after suffering from liver cancer.[1][2][3]

References
  1. "Muere Estadella voz del "Un dos tres"". La Razón (Madrid). 30 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  2. "Fallece a los 61 años Jordi Estadella". El País. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  3. "Don Tito B... Muere Jordi Estadella, locutor de radio y célebre presentador de "Un, dos, tres"". Lne.es. 1 May 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
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