Poppy Bermúdez Explained

José Armando Bermúdez Pippa (12 November 1928 – 3 December 2014), known as Poppy Bermúdez, was an Argentine-born Dominican businessman and the third CEO of J. Armando Bermúdez & Co., C. por A. after José Armando and Domingo Octavio Bermúdez.^[1]

Early life

Born in Buenos Aires in 1928,^[2] he was the son of the Dominican businessman Aquiles Bermúdez Ramos (1901-1970) — the son of José Armando Bermúdez Rochet and Ana Luisa Ramos de Peña — and Pastora Luisa Pippa, an Italian Argentine woman. A few months after he was born, his family moved to Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, where he lived the rest of his life.^[3]

Career

In 1968, Bermúdez founded Color Visión the first color television channel in the Dominican Republic and the third in Latin America.^[4]

Death

Poppy Bermúdez died on 3 December 2014 in Santiago de los Caballeros.

Notes and References

1. News: Espinal. Edwin. Los apellidos del ron: Bermúdez. 4 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141204054019/http://hoy.com.do/capsulas-genealogicaslos-apellidos-del-ron-bermudez. 4 December 2014. Cápsulas Genealógicas. Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Hoy. 29 August 2009. Spanish.
2. Puerto Rico, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1901-1962
3. Web site: Toribio. Kilvin. Biografía de José Armando Bermúdez. El Sol de Santiago. 4 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141204054005/http://elsoldesantiago.com/2014/12/biografia-de-jose-armando-bermudez-poppy/. 4 December 2014. Santiago de los Caballeros. Spanish. 3 December 2014.
4. News: Causa pesar muerte de Poppy Bermúdez. 8 December 2014. El Caribe. 4 December 2014. Santiago. Spanish. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141208092524/http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2014/12/04/causa-pesar-muerte-poppy-bermudez. 8 December 2014. dmy-all.