Newspaper Publisher dies
25th November 2006
(Note: www.sentidokomon.com ‘Life is common sense’ salutes one of the icons of Philippine Journalism, Veteran journalist and Philippine Star publisher Max Soliven who died Friday, 24th of November 2006. May his soul rest in peace.)
VETERAN journalist and Philippine Star publisher Max Soliven passed away early Friday in Japan. He was 77.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said she and the country are “deeply saddened” by Soliven’s death.
A report in Philippine Star’s website said Soliven, who was on a trip in Japan with his wife Preciosa, succumbed to “complications brought about by pneumonia.”
But a report received by Malacañang from the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo said Soliven succumbed to cardiac arrest at around 11:26 a.m. (Tokyo time) at the Narita Red Cross Hospital.
The embassy is coordinating with Soliven’s family for the repatriation of the late journalist’s remains.
In a statement, Arroyo said she was sad over the loss of an “icon of freedom”.
Arroyo said the “post-war march of the Philippine democracy” could not have been vibrant without Soliven.
“(Soliven) fought beside the forces of enlightenment in the struggle against despotism and wrong. We grieve with his family and pray with the people for his eternal peace in the palms of the Lord,” she said. (JMR with Sunnex)