A longtime area broadcaster has died. His obituary says that Ben Herrera died unexpectedly last Thursday at the age of 75.
Herrera was producer and host of Que Pasa, on WXXI-TV starting in 1973. It aired late Friday afternoons.
R News (now Time Warner Cable News), began airing the 30-minute interview segment in Spanish in the mid-1990's. According to TWC News, at the same time Herrera, after retiring from Kodak, joined R News as the producer and anchor of R Mundo on weeknights. R Mundo was a Spanish-language newscast featuring the day's top local, national and international stories.
TWC News says that Herrera was a teacher in his native Colombia and worked in broadcasting there before moving here in the late 1960's.
Calling hours for Ben Herrera will be held Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at Miller Funeral and Cremation Services, 3325 Winton Road South. A Memorial Mass will be held Wednesday, 10 a.m. at St. Marianne Cope Parish at Good Shepherd Church, 3318 East Henrietta Road.
