Yle’s mourning for Maria Jungner has begun.
Yle’s longtime TV announcer Maria Jungner died suddenly at the weekend. He was only 50 years old when he died. Jungner has been widely mourned in Yle. Finns have expressed their shock on social media at the passing of the beloved announcer.
Yle’s mourning for Maria Jungner has begun, Iltalehte is told by Yle’s communications department.
The death of a long-time announcer is also taken into account at Yle in other ways.
– The announcements have been removed today and Maria will be remembered in them tomorrow, says Yle’s communications manager Anne-Mari Aaltonen For Iltalehti.
Such is the mourning ceremony that Yle organized for Maria Jungner. Mikko Huisko
There were also no TV announcements on Yle’s channels on Sunday. According to the communications manager, Sunday’s and Monday’s TV announcements had been recorded before the news of Maria’s death.
– They were deleted because it was not possible to take into account the passing of a close colleague.
According to the communications manager, there is no information yet on the more detailed content of Tuesday’s announcement, and for example, there is no information on who would possibly succeed Maria Jungner as announcer.
– There is no information about the practical arrangements at this point yet, says Aaltonen.
Maria Jungner died suddenly at the weekend. Gooey Sanna