Overview
- Spanish outlets confirmed on March 10 that Raúl del Pozo died in Madrid at 89, with El Mundo reporting the news.
- The wake opened March 11 at Madrid’s Casa de la Villa, drawing tributes from figures such as Arturo Pérez-Reverte and Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida.
- He became a marquee columnist at El Mundo from 1991 with the column “El ruido de la calle,” publishing his last piece on January 1, 2026.
- His career began in 1960 and spanned Pueblo, Mundo Obrero, Interviú and Diario 16, plus posts as deputy director at El Independiente and foreign correspondent in Moscow, London, Lisbon and Buenos Aires.
- He received the Francisco Cerecedo, González-Ruano and Mariano de Cavia prizes, won the 2011 Primavera de Novela for “El reclamo,” and no official cause of death has been released beyond reports of age-related decline.