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Zena O’Rourke, 53 AWARD-WINNING BRITISH EDITOR Zena O’Rourke died after a year-long battle with cancer Friday, June 10. She was 53. O’Rourke was the editor of the Cornish Guardian and the Somerset County Gazette. She edited the Guardian for six years before leaving in April 2015 to pursue...

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Vicente Torres, 66 FORMER PHILIPPINE DAILY EXPRESS REPORTER Vicente Torres died Thursday, June 2 of a heart ailment. He was 66. Torres was a reporter for the defunct Philippine Daily Express, but was among those who had to migrate to the United States upon the declaration of martial law...

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Stanley Burke, 93 CANADIAN NEWS ANCHOR Stanley Burke died Saturday, May 28. He was 93. Burke anchored Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s The National News from 1966 to 1969 before it was rebranded as The National. He also worked as a foreign correspondent in France and Nigeria where he covered...

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Nurjahan Begum, 91 PIONEER FEMALE JOURNALIST Nurjahan Begum died Monday, May 23. She was 91. Begum was widely regarded as the first female journalist of Bangladesh. She was the daughter of prominent journalist Mohammad Nasiruddin. In 1947, Nasiruddin founded the Begum Magazine, which was eventually edited by Begum....

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Rogelio Ordoñez, 75 ACCLAIMED POET, JOURNALIST, AND EDUCATOR Rogelio Ordoñez died Thursday, May 19. He was 75. Ordoñez was the former Editor-in-chief of the alternative newspaper Pinoy Weekly. He also previously headed various writers’ organizations such including the Cavite Press Club, Philippine Writers Academy, and Pambansang Unyon ng Manunulat (PANULAT). He...

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Luis Katigbak, 41 WRITER AND COLUMNIST Luis Katigbak died Wednesday, April 20. He was 41. Katigbak was a columnist for Philippine Star’s Young STAR. He was also associate editor of Esquire Philippines and a resident writer for Pulp magazine. He also wrote Happy Endings (2000) and The King...

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Rodolfo Reyes, 80 FOUNDING MANILA STANDARD PUBLISHER AND EDITOR Rodolfo Reyes died Thursday, April 14. He was 80. Reyes started his journalism career in the pre-martial law Manila Times. From the Times, he moved to various other media organizations including the Manila Chronicle and later on to ABS-CBN, where...

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Alfredo Rosario, 87 VETERAN JOURNALIST Alfredo Rosario died Sunday, March 20. He was 87. Rosario, who would have turned 88 on March 24, died in the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City. He was a writer and editor for several pre-martial law newspapers including the Philippines Herald and the...

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Antonio Cabangon Chua, 81 MEDIA MAGNATE Antonio Cabangon Chua died Friday, March 11. He was 81. Cabangon Chua was the head of several companies within the ALC group, which include the Business Mirror, Pilipino Mirror, and Philippine Graphic Weekly; radio corporation Aliw Broadcasting Corporation; and TV station RPN9, now...

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Sam Merrill, 55 LONGTIME US TV ANCHOR AND JOURNALIST Sam Merrill died Thursday, February 25. He was 55. Merrill died suddenly after collapsing last week. He served as an anchor and reporter for WNEM TV-5 for 25 years. While serving as a reporter, Merrill also emceed hundreds of community...

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