Obit (Updated)

Capino, 64

FILIPINO COLUMNIST Alvin Capino died of cancer of the kidney last May 29. He was 64.

Capino worked for the Manila Standard Today. He was  an anchor for Karambola, a radio program on DWIZ. (Counterpoint’s Capino signs off, Manila Standard Today)

He was also a senior reporter of the Observer Magazine and The Independent and columnist at the Philippine Free Press and Today. (Veteran media man Alvin P. Capino succumbs to cancer at 64, GMA News Online)

He also served as member of the board of directors of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority.

In a tribute to Capino’s death, Teddy Locsin, Jr. said:  “A writer is like an automatic. Flick off the safety; pull the trigger; escaping gas from the bullet before it slams the next round in. But take your finger off the trigger before the clip runs out; good writing holds back. Alvin Capino never wrote to excess or beat a dead horse.

“But the outstanding mark of authenticity is the longevity of a writing career; or radio career for that matter. Alvin Capino was writing when I was in the Palace in 1986; never stopped writing since. It wasn’t a hobby; it was more than a job; it was the writer in Alvin breathing.” (Amigos para siempre, ABS-CBN News.com)

Capino is survived by his wife Eva, son Paolo and daughter Karen.

Katz, 72

AMERICAN MEDIA mogul Lewis Katz died in a plane crash last May 31. He was 72.

Katz was the co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com. (Lewis Katz, co-owner of The Inquirer, dies in a plane crash, Philly.com)

He also co-owned the National Hockey League’s New Jersey Devils and National Basketball Association’s New Jersey Nets. (Philly newspaper owner Lewis Katz among dead in private plane crash, CNN)

Inquirer editor William Marimow said of Katz: “Lewis, in my opinion, was really an extraordinary person. He loved journalism. He loved the Inquirer, and I think he really relished his ability to rub shoulders with editors and reporters and photographers. You could feel he genuinely liked being in the company of the newsroom.” (Philadelphia Inquirer owner Lewis Katz dies in a plane crash, Poynter.)