Obituary

Ella Laboriel, a singer and actress of Honduran descent who broke ground in Mexican rock during the 1960s and worked across music, film, and theater, died of a pulmonary illness in Tampico at 77.

Mirtha Discua de Quiñónez, the Honduran entrepreneur whose restaurant Zulimar became a landmark of the Honduran diaspora community in the United States, has died.

Bessy Carolina Martínez de Centeno, a prominent Honduran journalist, has died; the National College of Journalists issued a statement mourning the loss of its member.

Rev. Mario Orlando Ordóñez Pavón, a prominent evangelical pastor who led Ministerio Vida Hoy for 25 years and worked with Christian media outlets HRVC and Stereo Luz, died on July 5 at age 58 from natural causes.

Arístides Aceituno, the founding director of the digital news outlet Hondudiario, died Thursday in Tegucigalpa after a battle with a brain tumor.

Arístides Aceituno Calderón, founder of Hondudiario.com and a respected figure in Honduran journalism who served as an adviser to the presidential office, died at 67 following complications from surgery.

The Central Bank of Honduras expressed deep condolences over the death of Daniel Alfredo Figueroa, who served as vice president of the institution.

Gustavo Ramos, a respected Honduran journalist who worked for Radio Globo, Hable Como Habla, and Radio Nacional de Honduras, died on June 2 at 63; colleagues honored his decades of commitment to professional journalism and public service.

Karolay Castillo, the San Pedro Sula designer who brought Garífuna heritage to the international fashion world, has died of a heart attack at 42, a loss mourned across Honduras's cultural and creative community.