What is Mario Machado?
[[File:Picture taken at 70th birthday party for Mario Machado.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Machado in April 2005]] '''Mario Machado''' ('''Mario Jose de Souza Machado'''; April 22, 1935 &ndash; May 4, 2013) was an eight-time [[Emmy Award]]-winning television and radio broadcaster. He made television history when, in 1970, he became the first [[China|Chinese]]-[[Americans|American]] on-air television news reporter and anchor in [[Los Angeles]] and perhaps in the nation.<ref>[http://www.asianconnections.com/community/people/chinese_historical_society/profiles/pioneers_4/pioneers_4.php Broadcast Pioneers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926222828/http://www.asianconnections.com/community/people/chinese_historical_society/profiles/pioneers_4/pioneers_4.php |date=2011-09-26 }} consulted march 28, 2010</ref> He was also an actor starring in many movies such as ''[[Brian's Song]]'' (1971), ''[[Oh, God!]]'' (1977), ''[[The Concorde ... Airport '79]]'' (1979), ''[[Rocky III]]'' (1982), ''[[Scarface (1983 movie)|Scarface]]'' (1983), and ''[[St. Elmo's Fire (movie)|St. Elmo's Fire]]'' (1985). Machado was born on April 22, 1935 in [[Shanghai]]. He was married to Marie Christine D’Almada Remedios until his death in 2013. Machado died on May 4, 2013 from complication of pneumonia in his home in [[West Hills, California|West Hills]], [[California]], aged 78.<ref>[http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/05/mario_machado_newscaster.php Mario Machado, newscaster and voice of soccer was 78 - LA Observed<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Machado, Mario}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2013 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:American television presenters]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:People from Shanghai]] [[Category:Emmy Award winners]]