Ended up the 68 -year -old who self -rightened outside Zappeionon Wednesday, after her brief hospitalization at the People’s Hospital. Euphoric who were at that point at that time they managed and they extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisherhowever, the woman’s wounds were very serious and failed.

As it became known by journalist Yiannis Pantelakis, the unfortunate woman was a journalistwhile the announcement was issued by the ESIEA.

ESIEA announcement

“The Board of Directors of ESIEA is sadly announcing the loss of colleague Basilica Avra Gregory, who has passed away today at the age of 68.

Avra Grigoriou was born in Athens in 1957. She graduated from the Department of Political Science and Public Law of the Athens Law School in 1985. At the same time, she had already begun her involvement with journalism as an apprentice in the “Economic Postman”. He worked in the magazine “Woman” from 1976 to 1980 and on the television show of the late Freddy Germanu “Saturday night-Sunday morning” since 1978. In 1981, he was hired in the newspaper “Ethnos” where he worked in the free and report of the Ministry of Health. She then worked in the newspapers “Opinion”, “News”, “Free Press”, “Eleftherotypia” in her daily and Sunday leaflet, where she took over the “breath” column. He also worked for many years on ERT, starting with the news department of the first program of the NRA.

Aura Grigoriou decorated the journalistic profession with her morality and professional integrity and was an example to imitate her colleagues, who surrounded her with appreciation and respect.

In the course of her life, she chose to cross rough paths with her principles and beliefs, which were often ahead of her time. He suddenly left us, leaving an incomplete gap.

The Board of Directors of ESIEA deeply condenses its son Orestes, her family and her relatives and bid farewell to the exquisite colleague.

Elements of Avra Gregory’s funeral will be disclosed in a new announcement. “

“She was just a good journalist who called her aura”

At the same time, in a moving post, journalist Yiannis Pantelakis says:

“Shortly after 10am last Wednesday, outside the glamor of Zappeion was heard a little fuss, passers -by seeing a tall woman burning, he had set himself on fire. Police officers from the Presidential Guard ran to the scene with a fire extinguisher in their hands, threw in the burning body, the fire extinguished, the woman was taken to a hospital with severe burns, a few hours later succumbed to her serious injuries. Witnesses who were accidentally found on the spot had heard her before trying to end her life to say “I didn’t have to eat.”

Many years ago in a large journalistic band, in the evenings where the hustle and bustle was large by the voices and the intensity of the job to catch up with the latest news before the leaves were printed, a sweet girl with blond hair, responsible scoring and large glasses that illuminated her beautiful face. Smiling, he used to say a few words usually but they were enough to share seconds of serenity. Everyone showed him respect, for his work, for what he was. It had a special aura, the aura. So they said to her, who knows why, I never asked her.

Fewer years ago, I met that sweet girl, woman now, accidentally in the city center. I had been seeing it for years, since the big journalistic band closed in a completely unstoppable way, leaving very deep wounds to hundreds of people. To some more. She had not lost her proverbial tranquility, nor her sweet smile that was complemented by some nice wrinkles, women when they get my wrinkles look sweeter. We said a few words about our lives, about the old ones, and we lost again. Then, when the conversations with friends were named after her, the images of the sweet calm face of the aura we worked together came to the mind.

The day after the incident of self -reliance in Zappeion, the President of the Republic visited the people of the Presidential Guard to congratulate them because on Wednesday morning they tried and rescued the woman who was self -sufficient. Neither herself, nor those who were in the incident ever learned her name, was just a 67 -year -old woman who tried to end her life shouting before that ” he didn’t even eat” Even if they knew this name, however, they would not tell them anything, they were not those of the prominent journalists, those who make a big fuss, those who respect politicians and want to have good relations with them. She was just a good journalist who called her aura … “.