YLE’s long-time journalist Eila-Maija Mirolybov is dead

Eila-Maija Mirolybov was 81 when she died.

Born in 1943, Eila-Maija Mirolybov was 81 when she died.

Mirolybov was a long -term journalist for the Finnish Broadcasting Company. He retired from Yle in 2003.

Television news spectators remember Eila-Maija Mirolybov, especially as a knowledgeable, soft-voice cultural journalist. He loved all culture, but especially opera music and theater.

He also knew French and was interested in French culture.

For decades, Mirolybov announced a cultural viewpoint in the program in 2014.

This is how he told what the work was on TV news in the 1960s:

– Above all, an insane passion for that job. There were no hours worked there. It was done because it was rewarding and fun.

– People put themselves completely. It was the great spirit that made me feel good on TV news.

Eila-Maija Mirolybov’s special expertise was also the European royal families. He often explained television broadcasts of royalists, such as weddings and funerals.

Mirolybov was a member of the Helsinki Orthodox Church and was active in it. Orthodox religion and church traditions were always close to his heart.

Colleagues remember him as a warm and helpful person who liked to organize parties and events.

Mirolybov was also a very family -oriented person. Two children and grandchildren were close and important to him.