Mayra Gómez Kemp

Mayra Cristina Gómez Martínez (14 February 1948 – 13 October 2024), better known as Mayra Gómez Kemp, was a Cuban-Spanish television host, actress and singer. She was the host of Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez from 1982 to 1988. She was believed to be the first woman in the world to host a television quiz show. Mayra Gómez Kemp, memorias de una pionera: "Fui la primera mujer en el mundo en presentar un concurso"  

Gómez Kemp was born in Havana, Cuba. Her mother, Velia Martínez, was an actress. In the late 1960s, she moved to Puerto Rico, then to Venezuela and then to Miami, Florida.

In 1976, she was hired by Televisión Española to host several shows. Her first show was 625 Lineas. She then began hosting La ruleta de la fortuna, the Spanish version of Wheel of Fortune, from 1989 to 1991. During her career she won the TP de Oro.

She was also an actress, appearing in two movies in 1966 and 1978. These movies were Death Curse of Tartu and Donde hay patrón.

In October 2009, Gómez Kemp revealed that she had been diagnosed with tongue cancer, for which she had surgery. She had trouble speaking, however recovered. In February 2012, she revealed that the cancer had returned, this time in her throat. A few months later in July, she said she was in remission.

Gómez Kemp died from problems caused by a fall in Madrid, Spain on 13 October 2024, at the age of 76.

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