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Tributes celebrating the life of CLTV political reporter Carlos Hernandez Gomez spanned the White House to the statehouse in Springfield today, a day after his death following a more than year-long battle with cancer at the age of 36.<\/p>\nTributes celebrating the life of CLTV political reporter Carlos Hernandez Gomez spanned the White House to the statehouse in Springfield today, a day after his death following a more than year-long battle with cancer at the age of 36.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was saddened to hear of the passing of Carlos Hernandez Gomez.\u00a0 Our paths first crossed when I was a State Senator.\u00a0 He was a throwback in the style of Chicago\u2019s storied political reporters,\u201d President Barack Obama said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe loved Chicago, and he relentlessly sought to tell its story with the commitment to truth and the insatiable curiosity that any good reporter has to have,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI quickly learned that when you saw his sharp fedora in a crowd, hard questions were coming.\u00a0 But Carlos always played it straight.\u00a0 And I always enjoyed our interactions in Springfield, Chicago, or on the campaign trail.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Obama called Hernandez Gomez \u201ca role model to many and an integral part of the Chicago story he strived to tell.\u201d\u00a0 He offered his thoughts and prayers to Hernandez Gomez\u2019 wife, WGN-TV reporter Randi Belisomo Hernandez, and his family.<\/p>\n Obama, as a state senator, U.S. senator and as president, was among several politicians whom Hernandez Gomez covered in a colorful career, rat-a-tatting questions rapid fire through several campaigns and news events.<\/p>\n Earlier today, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, the chamber\u2019s 2nd ranking Democrat, hailed Hernandez Gomez as a real professional whose \u201cword\u2019s good and they\u2019re up on the news and they\u2019re nice people to be with.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe’s the kind of person that’s a great credit to the profession and did a great job for people across Chicagoland and America to understand the real issues we face,” Durbin said.<\/p>\n Gov. Pat Quinn called Hernandez Gomez \u201ca man of great humor and commitment and dedication. So, losing Carlos is a loss for everybody in Illinois and our country.”<\/p>\n Comptroller Dan Hynes, Quinn\u2019s rival for next month\u2019s Democratic nomination for governor, said Hernandez Gomez was \u201ctaken too early\u201d and said his death was \u201ca real loss for civic debate here in this city and state.\u201d<\/p>\n Services for Hernandez Gomez, who covered politics for WBEZ-FM prior to joining CLTV, are pending.<\/p>\n Read the original article from Tribune News Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tributes celebrating the life of CLTV political reporter Carlos Hernandez Gomez spanned the White House to the statehouse in Springfield today, a day after his death following a more than year-long battle with cancer at the age of 36. \u201cI was saddened to hear of the passing of Carlos Hernandez Gomez.\u00a0 Our paths first crossed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a>
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