Tributes paid to veteran TV presenter Giorgos Papadakis

The governmental world has paid tribute to veteran writer Giorgos Papadakis, who died connected Sunday.

One of Greece’s best-known television presenters, Papadakis was 74 and had retired past year aft much than 4 decades connected screen.

From 1992 to 2025, Papadakis presented “Good Morning, Greece” connected ANT1, the archetypal and longest-running greeting quality amusement connected Greek television.

In a statement, Laiko Hospital successful Athens said Papadakis had been admitted aft suffering a bosom onslaught astatine location and that efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.

“The sudden nonaccomplishment of Giorgos Papadakis brings lone sadness. A writer who, successful his ain way, near a strong imprint connected Greek television for 30 years. My condolences to his household and his galore friends,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis wrote successful a κοινωνικά media post.

PASOK person Nikos Androulakis said Papadakis’ “journalistic vocation was synonymous with struggle and with highlighting the regular problems and anxieties of citizens,” adding that his television amusement “was, for decades, a favourite with millions of viewers precisely due to the fact that of its authenticity.”

In his tribute, SYRIZA person Sokratis Famellos said Papadakis served his journalistic work “with consistency, morals and respect for the truth.”

The New Left enactment said that Papadakis was not lone the presenter of a long-running program, but besides “created a schoolhouse of journalism, highlighted personalities and contributed decisively to shaping the greeting quality arsenic we knew it,” adding that his nonaccomplishment “leaves an irreplaceable void successful the Greek media.”