Where will Hector Ramirez be buried? Burial site and Find a Grave details

Publish date: 2024-08-03

Ramirez, who was born on August 26, 1944, in Bogota, moved to the United States when he was 11 years old. He resided with his family in Queens and attended Martin Van Buren High School there.

He spent a year at Glendale City College before enrolling in the Don Martin School of Radio and Television Arts & Sciences in Hollywood, where he earned the first-class FCC license required to work at a broadcast station. In 1968, he was hired by the Spanish-language KLXA Channel 40.

His friend Noel Newman, an ABC cameraman on The Hollywood Palace, stimulated his desire to work in television.

Where will Hector Ramirez be buried? Burial site and Find a Grave details

Hector Ramirez, a cameraman with 20 Primetime Emmy Awards who spent more than a decade on Dancing With the Stars and who also worked on Elvis Presley and David Copperfield specials, the Grammy Awards, the Oscars, the Oscar pre-show, and concerts by Frank Sinatra, Sting, and Cher, has passed away. He was 78.

Ramirez lost his fight with esophageal cancer on Wednesday at his home in Granada Hills, according to his wife Alma Ramirez’s statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

Regarding their beloved husband, who was a friend of one of the top cameramen in the world, the family has kept all information private. As soon as we obtain the appropriate information regarding his funeral, we’ll keep you informed.

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