Obituaries

Fernando, 48
ALEX FERNANDO, deputy managing editor of The Philippine Star, died in his sleep last Oct. 23. He was 48.

In 1978, Fernando was editor in chief of The Dawn, the weekly student publication of the University of the East. While a student, he worked at the WE Forum, an alternative newspaper published by Jose Burgos Jr. during the Marcos regime.

He later moved to the broadsheet Times Journal and then to the tabloid People’s Journal.

As one of the first members of the Star’s editorial staff, Fernando wrote the main story of the paper’s first issue which came out on July 28, 1986.

Bradley, 65
Award-winning American broadcast journalist Edward Rudolph “Ed” Bradley Jr. died of complications from leukemia on Nov. 9. He was 65.

A popular personality of the TV news magazine 60 Minutes, Bradley won 20 Emmys and four George Foster Peabody awards. He also received other prestigious awards that recognized his journalistic excellence.

Bradley was among the first African-American journalists to make a name for himself on national television, according to a CBS News report. Last year, Bradley received a lifetime achievement award from the National Association of Black Journalists.

Born in Philadelphia on June 22, 1941, Bradley began his career as a radio disc jockey.

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