Joonas Lepistö, journalist of MTV Uutisten, died at the age of 44.
MTV’s editors got quiet with the heavy news. Illustration picture. Joona Rissanen
MTV News reporter Joonas Lepistö passed away on April 8 from rapidly advancing cancer. He was 44 years old when he died.
He told about Lepistö’s passing MTV News.
In memory of the journalist, a mourning flag was raised in front of MTV’s office in Vallila, Helsinki. The matter appears from the social media publication of crime and justice reporter Rebekka Härkönen.
– Maikkar’s delivery went silent yesterday out of shock and sadness when we heard that our long-time colleague passed away from a rapidly progressing serious illness, Härkönen writes.
– Life is unfair in the way that it takes others at the age of 44, while I’m having a stupid age crisis because I’m turning 50 today. Rest in peace, always smiling Joonas.
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Other colleagues and friends of Lepistö have also remembered him fondly on social media.
– My warm condolences to everyone close to Joonas, family and friends. Joonas was a really liked colleague and a very nice, warm-hearted person. A big loss for our work community, writes MTV Uutisten’s head of crime reporting and Crime scenefamiliar from the program Tiia Palmén in his Instagram stories.
– Joonas always met me with a smile on his face and was genuinely interested in what I had to say. In addition to being a gentle and joyful person, Joonas was an iron professional, for whom his special editorship was a calling from the outside and something he did with all his heart, recalls the MTV producer-presenter Jonna Kumpula in his Instagram stories.
Lepistö is remembered for his achievements as a journalist, but he is also remembered as a musician.
– You were a wonderful and kind-hearted person. You were also always on the side of the underdog and encouraged others to reach for their dreams. Have a good journey to heaven, Joonas, writes the musician on Facebook Vesa Holmala.
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Holmala remembered her late friend Ilta-Sanom. According to Holmala, Lepistö had a big heart.
– He always sided with the weaker. It seemed that he often supported his friends more than himself. He always gave so much to others, Holmala told the magazine.
Photo by Joonas Lepistö from 2011. PDO
He said goodbye to his friend as he spent his last days in hospice care. According to Holmala, Lepistö never wanted to give up.
Singer-songwriter Vince Boncamper also remembered his colleague on Facebook.
– Joonas Lepistö. On the human side. A believer in young people. Bringer of good wind, he wrote.
They worked on a joint music project back in the day, which gathered attention for youth and music spaces.
– Music was Joonas’ spoken language. That is how he speaks to us forever.
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