The journalist Kostas Chardavellas passed away on Tuesday at the age of 79.

He worked for decades in newspapers, primarily at Ta Nea, as well as on television, in the historic program Reporters on ERT during the 1980s, which he co-hosted with Giorgos Lianis and Giannis Dimaras.

He was born in Piraeus in 1945 and began his career at the newspaper Ethnos and later at Ta Nea, focusing on general reporting.

He appeared on television in the late 1970s, but became widely known in the 1980s with the show Reporters.

In recent years, Kostas Chardavellas had been battling cancer, a struggle he documented in a book.

Last March, his wife, Maria Panagopoulou, revealed on a television show that he had lost his voice. “We were very worried because Kostas had already fought a very tough battle with cancer 15 years ago. We did tests and continue to do many tests. Eventually, it turned out there is an issue with his vocal cords, which is being treated, but it requires a lot of effort, patience, and silence – meaning he can’t even whisper.”

In a post, Maria Panagopoulou said her final “goodbye” to her husband shortly after the announcement of his death.

“You left as you lived: A winner! Rest now, close to the people whom life took away from you when you were a baby and whom you always longed for, mom Kalypsó and dad Konstantinos. Until we meet again, my Giant… ‘and in the next life, from the beginning,'” writes Maria Panagopoulou.