Eddie Miro (born 1936 in San Juan, Puerto Rico), is a famous television show host in Puerto Rico. 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... San Juan is the capital of Puerto Rico. ...

Miro grew in the San Juan area of Santurce. In 1953, he graduated from high school as one of the "most likely to succeed" students (his school picked more than one student for that title; Miro was chosen in the entertainment area). 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Japanese high school students in uniform High school, or Secondary school, is the last segment of compulsory education in Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and the United States. ... A school is most commonly a place designated for learning. ...

Miro is perhaps better known as the show host of Telemundo Puerto Rico's "El Show de las 12" ("The 12 PM Show"). As a show host, Miro outlasted WAPA-TV and, later on, Televicentro competition such as Luis Vigoreaux and his son Luisito, and Luis Antonio Rivera ("Yoyo Boing"), who were among the show hosts that worked on "El Show de las 12"s main competitor, WAPA's "El Show del Mediodia". It should be mentioned that Eddie Miro outlasted Luis Vigoreaux in part because of Vigoreaux's murder in 1983. Telemundo Puerto Rico is one of Puerto Ricos most popular tv channels. ... Televicentro is a Puerto Rico-based television station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as the call letters WAPA-TV, Channel 4, for NTSC television and WAPA-DT, Channel 27, for digital television. ... Luis Vigoreaux (April 12, 1929-January 17, 1983) was a Puerto Rican show host, comedian and producer. ... Luisito Vigoreaux (born approx. ... Luis Antonio Rivera a. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Miro began in the entertainment business as a singer, writer and comedian. His big break in the entertainment business, however, came in 1964, when the famous actor turned television producer Paquito Cordero offered him a job as show host of "El Show de las 12", a new program that was about to begin at Telemundo, then known as "Telemundo channel 2". "El Show de las 12"s first broadcast was on January of 1965. 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The following are lists of actors: Overall: List of male movie actors (A-K) List of male movie actors (L-Z) List of female movie actors (A-K) List of female movie actors (L-Z) Theater actors: List of male theater actors List of female theater actors Television actors: List... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

Miro became a teen idol across Puerto Rico for the next few years. He utilized his abilities as a comic during the show as well, mixing them with his work as show host. His style also gained him acclaim among Puerto Rico's television critics. This is an alphabetical list of people-or groups- that have been recognized as teen idols, either by an international or domestic teenage fan base, over the decades. ...

Miro hosted the show for the forty years it ran on Puerto Rican television. In between, he got to meet many famous people, both locals and foreigners. Some of the celebrities he worked with were Luis Antonio Cosme, Otilio Warrington, Dagmar, Loubriel, the members of El Gran Combo, Machuchal and others. The foreigners he met included Celia Cruz, Marylin Pupo (who resides in Puerto Rico but is Cuban), Jose Luis Rodriguez and many others. Dagmar (November 29, 1921-October 9, 2001) was a buxom television personality. ... El Gran Combo is a Puerto Rican Salsa music orchestra. ... Adalberto Rodriguez (1934-1995), better known as Machuchal, was a Puerto Rican comedian. ... Celia Cruz (Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso) (October 21, 19241 - July 16, 2003) was a Cuban salsa singer who spent most of her career living and working in the United States. ... José Luis Rodríguez González, also known as El Puma, (born January 14, 1943 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan singer and actor who has recorded many international super hits and participated in a handful of telenovelas or soap operas. ...

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Miro expanded his career as a show host during the 1970s and 1980s, hosting such shows as "Salsa, Sabado en la Noche" (Salsa, Saturday at Night"), and "Adelante Juventud" ("Come Forward, Youth!"). He also worked with Deborah Carthy-Deu, among others. Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Caribbean rhythm that is popular in many Latino countries. ... Deborah Carthy-Deu (January 5, 1966) is a young Puerto Rican woman who was Miss Universe in 1985, winning the contest at Miami and becoming the second Puerto Rican to win it. ...

During the 1980s, "El Show de las 12"s opening consisted of a cartoon version of Eddie Miro dancing salsa and smiling. In 1989, the show included a section in which he shared gossip with Kobbo Santarrosa's doll, "La Condesa del Bochinche" ("The Countess of Gossip"), a doll which preluded Santarrosa's current doll, "La Comay". A cartoon is a form of art with diverse origins and even more diverse modern meanings. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A doll is a model of a human (often a baby), a humanoid (like Bert and Ernie), an animal or a fictional character (like a Troll or a Smurf), usually made of cloth or plastic. ...

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Miro's daughter, Dana Miro, went on to have a short career in the entertainment business as an actress and show host. Perhaps ironically, she married Luisito Vigoreaux during the 1990s, linking Miro with the family of his old competitor, Luis Vigoreaux. By name List of female movie actors (A-K) (A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K) List of female movie actors (L-Z) (L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z) By country List of Indian actresses By category... Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM...

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In 2003, Eddie Miro was diagnosed with colon cancer. He refused to take time off work, keeping on his daily schedule of hosting "El Show de las 12" even as he had cancer. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Diagram of the stomach, colon, and rectum Colorectal cancer includes cancerous growths in the colon, rectum and appendix. ...

Miro, Rafael Hernandez Colon's daughter and Raymond Dalmau became spokespersons for the testing and prevention of colon cancer in Puerto Rico once Miro was declared to be cured. Rafael Hernández Colón (born October 24, 1936) is a native of Ponce, Puerto Rico, who was the fourth democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico for 12 years,(1973-1977, 1985-1993). ... Raymond Dalmau (born c. ...

On January, 2005, shortly after celebrating forty years of "El Show de las 12" on the air, Eddie Miro was told the show could not continue on longer, due in part to the changes in Telemundo Puerto Rico's production department. The usually cool behaved Miro went to a radio station and angrily declared that he is not rich, calling Telemundo Puerto Rico's producer Tony Mojena the television station's "golden boy". 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

list of famous Puerto Ricans in alphabetical order by last names, where applicable. ...

External link

Miro as a youngster, in Spanish (http://www.rootsweb.com/~prsanjua/A1953E018_Graduandos.jpg|)