Kostas Hardavellas, a journalist, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 79.

He worked for decades successful newspapers, chiefly astatine "Ta Nea," and successful television, notably connected the humanities ERT programme "Oi Reporters" successful the 1980s, which helium presented with Giorgos Lianis and Giannis Dimaras.

His wife, Maria Panagopoulou, posted the following:

"You near arsenic you lived: A victor!
Rest now, adjacent to the radical beingness took from you erstwhile you were a baby, and whom you ever longed for, your parent Kalypso and your begetter Konstantinos.
Until we conscionable again, my Giant. "…and successful the adjacent life, from the beginning." ♥️"

Kostas Hardavellas was calved successful Piraeus successful 1945 and began his vocation astatine the paper "Ethnos," aboriginal moving to "Ta Nea" wherever helium worked successful wide reporting.

He appeared connected tv successful the precocious 1970s but became established successful the 1980s with the amusement "Oi Reporters."

In the 1990s, helium worked astatine Mega, presenting the investigative journalism programs "60 Lepta Xoris Montaz" and "Reportaz stin Omihli," which became known for its in-depth investigations. He continued to enactment successful quality broadcasting successful consequent decades, appearing connected ANT1, ET1, Alter, and different channels.

Kostas Hardavellas battled cancer, an acquisition helium besides documented successful a book.

Last March, his woman revealed connected a tv programme that helium had mislaid his voice. "We were precise disquieted due to the fact that Kostas had fought a precise hard conflict with crab 15 years ago. We underwent tests and proceed to acquisition galore tests. Ultimately, determination is simply a occupation with his vocal cords, which is being treated, but it requires a batch of effort, patience, and aphonia—meaning helium can't adjacent whisper."