Poppy Bermúdez

José Armando Bermúdez Pippa (12 November 1928 – 3 December 2014), known as Poppy Bermúdez, was an Argentine-born Dominican businessman and the third CEO of J. Armando Bermúdez & Co., C. por A. after José Armando and Domingo Octavio Bermúdez.^[1]

Early life

Born in Buenos Aires in 1928,^[2] he was the son of the Dominican businessman Aquiles Bermúdez Ramos (1901-1970) — the son of José Armando Bermúdez Rochet and Ana Luisa Ramos de Peña — and Pastora Luisa Pippa, an Italian Argentine woman. A few months after he was born, his family moved to Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, where he lived the rest of his life.^[3]

Career

In 1968, Bermúdez founded Color Visión the first color television channel in the Dominican Republic and the third in Latin America.^[4]

Death

Poppy Bermúdez died on 3 December 2014 in Santiago de los Caballeros.

Notes

^ Espinal, Edwin (29 August 2009). "Los apellidos del ron: Bermúdez". Cápsulas Genealógicas (in Spanish). Hoy. Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
^ Puerto Rico, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1901-1962
^ Toribio, Kilvin (3 December 2014). "Biografía de José Armando Bermúdez" (in Spanish). Santiago de los Caballeros: El Sol de Santiago. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
^ "Causa pesar muerte de Poppy Bermúdez" (in Spanish). Santiago: El Caribe. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

[Espinal-1] Espinal, Edwin (29 August 2009). "Los apellidos del ron: Bermúdez". Cápsulas Genealógicas (in Spanish). Hoy. Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

[2] Puerto Rico, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1901-1962

[Sol-Santiago-3] Toribio, Kilvin (3 December 2014). "Biografía de José Armando Bermúdez" (in Spanish). Santiago de los Caballeros: El Sol de Santiago. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

[4] "Causa pesar muerte de Poppy Bermúdez" (in Spanish). Santiago: El Caribe. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

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