Marina Kunstmann Oettinger (11 May 1922 – 25 January 2016), better known as Marina de Navasal, was a Chilean journalist, television presenter, and radio announcer of German descent.[1]
Biography
Marina Kunstmann Oettinger was the fourth daughter of Arturo Kunstmann Gerkens and Inés Oettinger. After marrying Spanish journalist José María Navasal [es], she began to sign with his surname. The couple had two children, Joaquín and Ximena, who both became journalists.[2]
On television, she was a panelist for the Canal 13 program Almorzando en el Trece [es] (1974–2000) and announcer for Radio Prat, both together with her husband José María.[7] On 29 July 1981 the Navasal/Kunstmann team provided live commentary for the marriage of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer for Canal 13.[8]
In 1985 she won the Lenka Franulic Award, and in 1995 she and her husband received the Orbe Award.[3]
Marina de Navasal was widowed in 1999, and died on 25 January 2016, at her home in Machalí.[1]
^de Navasal, Marina (1965). "La dobe vida de Amalia" [The Double Life of Amalia] (PDF). TV Guía (in Spanish). No. 7. p. 1. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via Memoria Chilena.
^Torres, Carlos Jorge (1 August 2005). "Radios 'Siam' – 'Prat'". Discoteca Otoñal (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2017.