León Balter
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León Balter (17 June 1928 – 8 August 2025) was an Argentine journalist.
Balter was born on 17 June 1928, in San Juan Province.[1] Beginning his career in 1943, he was active in journalism for more than four decades.[2]
Between 1955 and 1983, he resided in California and was nicknamed "The reporter of the stars" due to his numerous interviews with public figures including John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Cary Grant, Elvis Presley, among others.[3][4] He was a correspondent of the Argentine magazines TV Guía (TV Guide) and Radiolandia 2000 [es] in the US.
He was a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and was among the only Argentine journalists to be associated with The Beatles.[5]
Balter died on 8 August 2025, at the age of 97.[5]
References
- ↑ "La increíble vida de León Balter, el socio de APTRA que conoció a los Beatles y vivió la historia del Apollo 11, nos deja un legado fascinante". Flipr.news (in Spanish). 8 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ↑ Spitz, Ellen Handler (1991). Image and Insight. Columbia University Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-231-07297-7.
- ↑ "El reportero de las estrellas". Los Andes (in Spanish). 7 June 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ↑ "John Wayne: una charla con el señor Western". Los Andes (in Spanish). 7 October 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- 1 2 "Murió León Balter, el más longevo de los socios de APTRA, que estuvo con los Beatles y fue testigo de la partida del Apollo 11". Clarín (in Spanish). 8 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.