article_snippet.sent: Jorge Lopez was a highly regarded journalist in South America and Jorge Lopez passing drew huge outpouring from the very top of the game.
article_snippet.sent: Last year Atletico Madrid boss and former Argentina midfielder Diego Simeone tweeted that Jorge Lopez was ‘not only a great journalist’
article_snippet.sent: Jorge 'Jorge Lopez Jorge Lopez was working for La Red Radio at the World Cup in Brazil, as well as Ole and Spanish publications AS and Sport.
article_snippet.sent: Married to Marca's Argentina correspondent, Veronica Brunatti, López was well connected in Spain, where López arrived to follow the career of Javier Saviola in 2001.
article_snippet.sent: Saviola and Jorge Lopez remained close friends and López was Ole's correspondent in Barcelona, a newspaper López had worked with since its launch.
article_snippet.sent: López had worked as a journalist for two decades, covering River Plate and Argentina for Ole while collaborating with Spanish daily Sport while spending time back in Buenos Aires.
article_snippet.sent: In 2010 López became AS's correspondent in Argentina was the journalist closest to Lionel Messi and the many of Lionel Messi team-mates.
article_snippet.sent: FIFA also paid tribute to the journalist, with head of media Delia Fischer saying they 'would like to send our sincerest condolences to the family, colleagues and friends of Argentine journalist, Jorge Lopez'.
highlights_snippet.sent: Jorge Lopez was in Brazil ahead of 2014 World Cup .
  