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1945Mar, 6

Angelo Castro, Jr.

Angelo Castro, Jr., Filipino actor and journalist (d. 2012)
Angelo Ylagan Castro Jr. (6 March 1945 – 5 April 2012) was a Filipino broadcast journalist and actor. He was a news anchor for The World Tonight, the flagship news program of ABS-CBN and ANC. He anchored several ABS-CBN and ANC news and current events programs for the past 25 years. Castro is a recipient of the Ka Doroy Broadcaster of the Year award from the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas.Castro died at age 67 after succumbing to lung cancer. Philippine Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said Castro's death marks the "end of an era of gentlemanly broadcasting."

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