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Georgian journalist Julieta Vashakmadze dies at 87

Julieta Vashakmadze has worked in television since 1950s. Photo: dspace.nplg.gov.ge

Agenda.ge, 27 Dec 2020 - 14:32, Tbilisi,Georgia

Well-known Georgian TV journalist Julieta Vashakmadze has died at the age of 87.

Since 1956 Vashakmadze has worked at the First Channel as an anchor. For some time she was also a director of the television.

Photo: dspace.nplg.gov.ge

She received a medal of honour in 1996, while in December 2013 a commemorative star to Vashakmadze was placed at the Mtatsminda park in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.

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