Spanish entrepreneur and publisher of the Grupo Planeta, Jose Manuel Lara, died Saturday in Barcelona. He was 68.

“Lara was owner of the Planeta publishing house and the daily La Razon, and was president of Atresmedia, which comprises the Antena 3 and La Sexta television networks,” reports Fox News Latino. “The health of the entrepreneur, who several months ago said in an interview that in 2011 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, had rapidly deteriorated over the past few hours.”

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