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Mircea M. Ionescu

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  • Jul 20

    Mircea M. Ionescu, the Romanian journalist who founded the first sports weekly abroad, dies at 80

    The Romanian sports journalist, writer and playwright Mircea M. Ionescu, who founded the first Romanian-language sports weekly abroad and covered the 1986 European Cup final, died on Sunday at the age of 80.

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