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William Gaines, 82

VETERAN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER William Gaines died July 20 after suffering from Parkinson’s disease for 15 years. He was 82. In 1976, he won his first Pulitzer Prize as... Read more

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Sydney Schanberg, 82 AWARD-WINNING REPORTER Sydney Schanberg died after suffering a heart attack Saturday, July 9 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, New York. He was 82.... Read more

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Floreño Solmirano, 70 VETERAN JOURNALIST Floreño Solmirano died June 27, Monday. He was 70. Solmirano was the former bureau chief of Inquirer Southern Luzon. He started as an... Read more

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Rogelio Bagabuyo, 75 MINDANAO-BASED COLUMNIST and lawyer Rogelio Bagabuyo died of kidney failure Thursday, June 16. He was 75. Bagabuyo was a columnist for the Gold Star Daily.... Read more

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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... Read more

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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... Read more

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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... Read more

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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... Read more

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. ... Read more

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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... Read more