, June 15, 1916 - Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, USA, July 21, 2009) was a Spanish

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-born American

United States

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 film

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 journalist

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 and publicist

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. Del Moral helped to establish the Golden Globe awards while working as a Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association officer. The organization is now known as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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Armando del Moral fled Spain

Spain

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 for Mexico

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 in 1939 as a refugee

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 of the Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...

. He covered the fledgling Mexican film industry, before moving to the United States

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 in 1943.

Armando del Moral became the Vice President of the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association and helped to found the Golden Globe awards. As Vice President, Del Moral also became both host and presenter for several Golden Globe award ceremonies. He remained active with the Mexican film industry as well. Del Moral oversaw contract negotiations for Mexican actors who took roles in Hollywood. He also served as the Hollywood respresentative of the Mexican film actors union, Asociación Nacional de Actores (ANDA).

Del Moral also worked as a Spanish-language publicist

Publicist

A publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, a business, or for a work such as a book, film or album...

 for several Hollywood film campaigns and releases. In particular, Del Moral worked as a Spanish publicist for the 1960 George Sidney

George Sidney

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 film, Pepe

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. He also worked as an advisor on The Magnificent Seven

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and wrote Spanish-language publicity pieces for Walt Disney

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Del Moral wrote and edited the Cine-Grafica magazine

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, which covers the Hispanic entertainment industry in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, for more than 30 years. Additionally, Del Moral hosted programs on KXLA

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 and KMEX and wrote and produced a 1950s Spanish-language soap opera

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, Maria Elena

Maria Elena

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Armando del Moral died of natural causes on July 21, 2009, in North Hollywood, California, at the age of 93. He was survived by his daughter and two sons. Del Moral was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale

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 in Glendale, California

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