{"id":5220,"date":"2026-05-12T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=5220"},"modified":"2026-05-12T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:01:00","slug":"sadness-in-the-journalistic-world-hercules-kotzias-passed-away-at-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=5220","title":{"rendered":"Sadness in the journalistic world: Hercules Kotzias &#8220;passed away&#8221; at 88"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <b>great sports journalist<\/b> Hercules Kotzias <b>has died at the age of 88<\/b>, plunging <b>the world of journalism and sports<\/b> into mourning.<\/p>\n<p>One of <b>one of the most important figures in Greek sports journalism<\/b> is no longer alive, <b>as Heracles Kotzias has died at the age of 88<\/b>, spreading emotion to <b>colleagues, people in Media and sports<\/b>. With many years of <b>presence in historic journalistic media<\/b>, such as the &#8220;Light of Sports&#8221;, &#8220;Apogevmatini&#8221; and &#8220;Double-Headed Man&#8221;, but <b>also with a key contribution to the creation and establishment of EPA Sport<\/b>, the experienced journalist <b>left a strong imprint in the field of information<\/b>. He stood out for his ethics, <b>commitment and support for younger generations<\/b> of journalists, while <b>the news of his death caused a wave of grief in the journalism world<\/b> and in the Greek sports <b>MMEs<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The journalistic world<\/b> was plunged into <b>mourning<\/b> after the news of the <b>death of Heracles Kotzias at the age of 88<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the <b>greats of sports journalism<\/b>, Heracles Kotzias, <b>has breathed his last<\/b>. At the age of 88, the journalist <b>passed away<\/b>, plunging the industry into mourning<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Heracles Kotzias started at &#8220;Light of Sports&#8221;<\/b>, continued at &#8220;<b>Apogevmatini<\/b>&#8220;, &#8220;Double-Headed Man&#8221;, and was a great <b>headline for &#8220;ERA Sports&#8221;<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h3>The PASAT statement on Heracles Kotzias<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;One of the greats of sports journalism, Heracles Kotzias, &#8216;passed away&#8217; today at the age of 88, plunging his fellow sports journalists and the sports family into grief.<\/p>\n<p>Heracles Kotzias was distinguished for his ethics, his impeccable collegiality and his love for young journalists.<\/p>\n<p>He started his career at &#8221;Light of Sports&#8221; and then distinguished himself as the editor of &#8221;Apogevmatini&#8221; during its peak circulation period. Later, he was the editor of the weekly edition of the newspaper &#8216;Dikefalos&#8217;. He also played a major role in the creation of &#8221;EPA SPOR&#8221; in 1993 and in the development and validity of its news broadcasts.<\/p>\n<p>He was a true teacher with innovative ideas, who opened new paths in the profession. His main characteristic was his modesty and integrity.<\/p>\n<p>The Board of Directors of PSPAT expresses its sincere condolences to his wife, Efi, and his children, Vasiliki and Giannis.<\/p>\n<p>Details regarding the date of the funeral service will be announced soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great sports journalist Iraklis Kotzias has died at the age of 88, plunging the world of journalism and sport into mourning.A &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greece"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}