Alfonso Ussía
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Alfonso de Ussía y Muñoz-Seca (12 February 1948 – 5 December 2025) was a Spanish writer and journalist.
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Ussía was born in Madrid on 12 February 1948. He was the second son of Luis de Ussía y Gavaldá, 2nd Count of the Gaitanes, and his wife María de la Asunción Muñoz-Seca y Ariza. He was the maternal grandson of the playwright Pedro Muñoz Seca,[1]
Although most of his career as a columnist was spent in the newspaper ABC, he worked for the newspapers Diario 16 and Ya, and the magazines Las Provincias, Litoral and El Cocodrilo, being director of the latter.[2]
He was awarded the Grand Cross of Naval Merit[3], Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Second of May[4], Silver Cross of the Order of Merit of the Civil Guard[5] and the Gold Medal of the Community of Madrid.[6]
Ussía died on 5 December 2025, at the age of 77.[7]
References
- ↑ Galdeano, Laura (29 November 2016). "Ussía: "Mi abuelo era un patriota"". Libertad Digital - Cultura (in European Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ↑ "El coronel que quiere llevar los tanques a Cataluña se confiesa admirador de Franco, un "regalo de Dios" : elplural.com – Periódico digital progresista". www.elplural.com (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ↑ "X Edición Premios Alfonso Ussía". premiosalfonsoussia.larazon.es. Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ↑ "Kiosko y Más". lector.kioskoymas.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ↑ "X Edición Premios Alfonso Ussía". premiosalfonsoussia.larazon.es. Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ↑ Madrid, Comunidad de. "Actualidad - Garrido llama a la convivencia, al progreso y a la lucha por una sociedad mejor". www.madrid.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ↑ Cruz, Juan (5 December 2025). "Muere a los 77 años el periodista y escritor Alfonso Ussía". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2025.
External links
- Alfonso Ussía at IMDb
- Alfonso Ussía discography at Discogs
