Sadness prevails in the journalistic and radio world because of the death of Andreas Mazarakis. The journalist and radio producer, he had a standing in the media and his death leaves a large gap for those who met him and worked with him.
Andreas Mazarakis, in recent years, kept the listeners company daily through his radio show: "The beauties of Andreas" and "The Exarchies" at the station "Parapolitan 90.1" while also writing in the newspaper "Parapolitan" where he kept the popular column "Out of Disregard".
His great love
A great love of Andreas Mazarakis was football and especially the historian Star of Archives, to whom he offered his services from the position of president. The journalist was born in Metaxourgery in the Civil War years. The early years of his life, he lived them in Exarchia.
A graduate of the Economic Department of ASOEE in 1974 and the Athens Law School in 1978. Restless spirit, with great interest in cultural issues and the Arts, decided to attend both acting studies at the National Theatre and the Kostis Michailidis School, while attending vocal and accordion classes at the Athens Conservatory.
His resistance action
Andreas Mazarakis also developed resistance action during the dictatorship through the Student Movement. His action led him to be arrested several times and to decide his conscription in 1973. When Junta fell, a journalist took over the presidency of the Dehudization Committee for the teachers of the higher educational institutions in Athens.
His life material for his accounts
His life experiences and what he experienced were his inspiration for his narratives through herds with his characteristic appearance but also in the columns he kept throughout the years in the newspapers.