Obit

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 in the 1970s. Upon retirement from his IT-related job in California, he returned to the Philippines and settled in his hometown Taal, Batangas where he turned to farming. (“Vicente “Vic” Torres, 66,” Inquirer.net, June 4, 2016)

Friends and family mourned the passing of Torres. In his June 4 column for The Philippine Star, Federico Pascual described Torres as a “true friend and truthful journalist.” (“High time Rody grew into the presidency,” Philstar.net, June 5, 2016)

Torres is survived by his wife.

Photo from David Lamb’s official Twitter account.

David Lamb, 76

VETERAN WAR CORRESPONDENT David Lamb died Sunday, June 5. Lamb died of complications due to lymphoma and esophageal cancer. He was 76.

Lamb started his reporting career at the Okinawa Morning Star, an English-language newspaper in Japan. He then worked for newspapers in California, as well as United Press International bureaus in Denver and San Francisco.

From 1970 until 2004, Lamb served as a foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. He covered stories from over a hundred countries and wrote stories about major conflicts such as the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, and the Rwanda Genocide. (“David Lamb, reporter who captured the human drama in global events, dies at 76,” WashingtonPost.com, June 7, 2016)

Tyler Marshall, a former colleague, remembers Lamb as a friend and mentor. “He was the most genuinely decent, honest and fun-loving person I’ve ever known. Professionally, he taught me you don’t have to be a hard-nosed, overbearing personality to be a good reporter and come up with engaging stories. For him, simple kindness was the real currency of life. That said, he had a healthy skepticism when dealing with those who wielded power,” Marshall said. (“David Lamb, UPI war correspondent, dies at 76,” UPI.com, June 8, 2016)

Lamb is survived by his wife.