Univision News announced the launch of Grandes Historias on Saturday — an hour-long documentary that chronicles the tragically short life of baseball star José Fernández.
Launching with “Jdf 16”, Univision News’ digital team traveled to Santa Clara, Fernandez’s home town in Cuba, to interview influential figures from his childhood, including his little league coaches, his neighbors, and close relatives.
“We wanted to capture the essence of who José Delfin Fernández was and wanted to profile away from the public eye,” producer David Adams tells People. “Despite all the controversy surrounding his death, we wanted to dig deeper into his life and...
Launching with “Jdf 16”, Univision News’ digital team traveled to Santa Clara, Fernandez’s home town in Cuba, to interview influential figures from his childhood, including his little league coaches, his neighbors, and close relatives.
“We wanted to capture the essence of who José Delfin Fernández was and wanted to profile away from the public eye,” producer David Adams tells People. “Despite all the controversy surrounding his death, we wanted to dig deeper into his life and...
- 4/15/2017
- by Caitlin Keating
- PEOPLE.com
When Maria Arias first met Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez years ago through family, she was not impressed.
“It was definitely not love at first sight — he was a center of attention type guy and I’m not that way,” she jokingly recalls in an exclusive interview with People.
But after seeing his softer side when he made a heartfelt toast at a group dinner, the psychology student and the rising athlete became fast friends and eventually fell in love.
“He expressed how much he valued this family, and how grateful he was to feel like a part of it,...
“It was definitely not love at first sight — he was a center of attention type guy and I’m not that way,” she jokingly recalls in an exclusive interview with People.
But after seeing his softer side when he made a heartfelt toast at a group dinner, the psychology student and the rising athlete became fast friends and eventually fell in love.
“He expressed how much he valued this family, and how grateful he was to feel like a part of it,...
- 4/5/2017
- by Becky Randel
- PEOPLE.com
Miami Marlins star pitcher José Fernández was driving the speeding boat that crashed into a jetty last September off the coast of Miami Beach, killing the 24-year-old and his two friends, investigators announced Thursday.
The 46-page report by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission determined that the vessel —which slammed into the north jetty at Government Cut off Miami Beach — was traveling at more than 65 mph and that Fernández was over the legal limit for alcohol and had cocaine in his system.
According to the report, investigators determined Fernández was operating the boat by testing DNA found on the...
The 46-page report by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission determined that the vessel —which slammed into the north jetty at Government Cut off Miami Beach — was traveling at more than 65 mph and that Fernández was over the legal limit for alcohol and had cocaine in his system.
According to the report, investigators determined Fernández was operating the boat by testing DNA found on the...
- 3/16/2017
- by Caitlin Keating
- PEOPLE.com
Jose Fernandez's mom and girlfriend will split control of the late Mlb star's estate, a Miami judge ruled on Wednesday. The 24-year-old pitcher -- who passed away in a boating accident back in September -- left behind no will. Fernandez's attorneys have valued his estate around $2-3 million. Fernandez's girlfriend, Maria Arias, gave birth to their daughter on February 24. The families of the other two men that passed away in the boat crash have...
- 3/15/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Five months after the untimely death of Jose Fernandez, his girlfriend, Maria Arias, is opening up about giving birth to the Florida Marlins pitcher's daughter, Penelope, and how she's been coping with her painful loss.
The baby girl, who was born last Friday is "healthy and doing well," Arias told People, adding that the newborn has "brought a lot of light and joy to our lives."
Watch: Jose Fernandez's Pregnant Girlfriend Maria Arias Attends Memorial in First Public Appearance Since His Death
Arias was living with Fernandez when he was killed in a tragic boating accident off the coast of Miami Beach on Sep. 25, which also claimed the lives of two of his friends. The couple had announced that they were expecting their first child just five days before the crash.
Arias said that the birth of her daughter has "not taken any of the pain away, of course, because that's...
The baby girl, who was born last Friday is "healthy and doing well," Arias told People, adding that the newborn has "brought a lot of light and joy to our lives."
Watch: Jose Fernandez's Pregnant Girlfriend Maria Arias Attends Memorial in First Public Appearance Since His Death
Arias was living with Fernandez when he was killed in a tragic boating accident off the coast of Miami Beach on Sep. 25, which also claimed the lives of two of his friends. The couple had announced that they were expecting their first child just five days before the crash.
Arias said that the birth of her daughter has "not taken any of the pain away, of course, because that's...
- 3/2/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Jose Fernandez looked forward to being a father, but sadly he did not live to see the birth of his daughter, Penelope. People spoke to the late pitcher's grieving girlfriend, Maria Arias, who informed the publication that their daughter was born last Friday and said that they're "both healthy and doing well." She explained that the newborn has, "brought a lot of light and joy into our lives." The 24-year-old Marlins baseball player died almost five months ago in a boating accident. Only days before his tragic death, Fernandez shared a photo of Arias holding her baby bump, announcing that they were expecting a child. The two lived together at the...
- 3/1/2017
- E! Online
Jose Fernandez’s grieving girlfriend is speaking out for the first time since the birth of their daughter – almost five months to the day since the Miami Marlins pitcher’s tragic death in a boating accident.
Maria Arias tells People that she and baby Penelope, who was born last Friday, are “both healthy and doing well” and that the newborn has “brought a lot of light and joy to our lives.”
Arias, who was living with Jose at the time of his death, says Penelope’s birth, “has not taken any of the pain away of course, because that’s always going to remain,...
Maria Arias tells People that she and baby Penelope, who was born last Friday, are “both healthy and doing well” and that the newborn has “brought a lot of light and joy to our lives.”
Arias, who was living with Jose at the time of his death, says Penelope’s birth, “has not taken any of the pain away of course, because that’s always going to remain,...
- 3/1/2017
- by Becky Randel
- PEOPLE.com
Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, who died in a boating accident on Sept. 25, had alcohol and cocaine in his system when the fatal incident occurred, according to a toxicology report obtained by Et.
The 24-year-old baseball player was legally drunk at the time of the accident, with a blood alcohol level of .147, according to the report. Fernandez's cause of death was listed as a "boat crash."
Fernandez suffered blunt-force trauma to the head -- leading to skull and jaw fractures -- as well as to his torso when the boat he was traveling in, along with two of his friends, collided into a jetty near Miami beach in the early hours of the morning.
Watch: Miami Marlins Ace Jose Fernandez, 24, Killed In Boating Accident
Fernandez's two friends, Emilio Jesus Macias and Eduardo Rivero, also had alcohol in their systems, however the levels were below the legal limit, the medical examiner's report stated. Additionally, Rivero...
The 24-year-old baseball player was legally drunk at the time of the accident, with a blood alcohol level of .147, according to the report. Fernandez's cause of death was listed as a "boat crash."
Fernandez suffered blunt-force trauma to the head -- leading to skull and jaw fractures -- as well as to his torso when the boat he was traveling in, along with two of his friends, collided into a jetty near Miami beach in the early hours of the morning.
Watch: Miami Marlins Ace Jose Fernandez, 24, Killed In Boating Accident
Fernandez's two friends, Emilio Jesus Macias and Eduardo Rivero, also had alcohol in their systems, however the levels were below the legal limit, the medical examiner's report stated. Additionally, Rivero...
- 10/31/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
José Fernández, the Miami Marlins pitcher who died in a boat crash in Florida last month, and his friends had a strong odor of alcohol on them when their bodies were examined by a medical examiner, according to a search warrant affidavit obtained by the Miami Herald.
The warrant was released by the Miami-Dade state attorney’s office on Wednesday and alleges that investigators discovered evidence that the driver of the boat was managing it at a high rate of speed and with a “recklessness” that was “exacerbated by the consumption of alcohol.”
The toxicology exams for all of the...
The warrant was released by the Miami-Dade state attorney’s office on Wednesday and alleges that investigators discovered evidence that the driver of the boat was managing it at a high rate of speed and with a “recklessness” that was “exacerbated by the consumption of alcohol.”
The toxicology exams for all of the...
- 10/27/2016
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
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