Journalist Themos Anastasiadis, 61 passes

Themos Anastasiadis breathed his last on Tuesday night, January 22nd, after a year and a half of battling cancer, at a hospital in Zurich, Switzerland. He was married to journalist Vasiliki Panayotopoulos, with whom he had three children.

He was born on January 6, 1958 and was co-founder and publisher of the newspaper "To Thema".

Themos Anastasiadis became known through the humorous, acerbic column "Ofis" on the last page of Kathimerini newspaper. He then became director of the historical newspaper, which he left for "Eleftherotypia", where he was established with his column "Black Hole".

He had worked in many newspapers ("Eleftherotypia", "Vima") and radio stations (Flash 9.61), while he was co-founder of the newspaper "Protathlitis".

Because of hs battle with cancer he lived permanently in Switzerland while traveling to the United States. In the last two months his health has been heavily burdened, and for this reason he had discontinued his articles in "Proto Thema".

He created one of the most successful newspapers, as well as the TV show "Ola", which was one of the most successful of Greek television.

The battle against cancer since 2017

For nearly two years Themis Anastasiadis gave an unknown to the general public - and, unfortunately, unequal - battle with cancer.

In September 2017 he was diagnosed with an extremely rare and aggressive form of cancer. The well-known journalist and publisher was initially hospitalized in Zurich, Switzerland. He then went to the United States and specifically to one of the best known and most specialized clinics in the world: The famous Dana Farber Clinic in Boston.

There, Themos Anastasiadis underwent intensive and aggressive treatment. Nevertheless, he stood up and his body was able to withstand it. However, a few months later the cancer reappeared. Themos Anastasiadis continued therapy in Zurich, where he stayed permanently, but the battle was going against him. In the last five months his health has been steadily worsening and had deteriorated dramatically over the past two months. Until the illness finally killed him him on Tuesday, January 22nd, he left his last breath at the Swiss hospital, just 61 years old.