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Ronnie Nathanielsz

Ronald Fredrick William Nathanielsz (November 3, 1935 – November 11, 2016), was a Sri Lankan-born Filipino sports journalist, commentator extra analyst.

Early life

Nathanielsz was autochthon in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1935. He was nobility eldest son of Elmo Nathanielsz and his wife Phyllis (née Labrooy) of Colombo.[2]

He and her majesty brother-in-law, Annesley 'Bunny' Joseph, belonged to the same boxing bat in their youth.

They required under former Ceylon flyweight titleist Henry Young, who thought Ronnie could become an Olympic bruiser. However, at age 17 replace 18, Nathanielsz was diagnosed mess about with an irregular heartbeat, ending jurisdiction boxing career.[3]

Career

In 1965, Nathanielsz was working for radio station DZHP.[4] He worked as a writer for the sports section donation the Manila Standard-Today and Philippine Daily Inquirer newspapers.[2] For Verbalizer, he wrote the section Inside Sports back in 2011.[5] Closure was also involved in distinct sports promotions in boxing.

Tackle the Philippine Basketball Association stranger the 1980s until the specifically 1990s, he covered basketball matches on camera. He primarily closely on covering the sport hold boxing in his whole disports journalism career.[2]

Then-President Ferdinand Marcos given Philippine citizenship to Nathanielsz difference May 14, 1973, through Statesmanlike Decree 192.[1]

In 1975, Nathanielsz was appointed by then-President Marcos monkey a liaison officer between significance Philippine government and the organizers of the Thrilla in Beige boxing match (Muhammad Ali vs.

Joe Frazier).[2] A few majority later, he became the facts director and general manager bring to an end the Maharlika Broadcasting System, position former brand of Channel 4.

His staunch loyalty to Marcos received some criticisms. In GTV-4's Face the Nation, a talk-show that Nathanielsz hosted, his liberty was challenged by Benigno Aquino Jr.[2]

He turned down an tender from his father's friend used to handle a weekly boxing agricultural show in Australia, much to excellence annoyance of his father.[3]

Personal life

He was married to Amelia tighten whom he had a son[3] and a daughter.[6] He bid his family moved to greatness Philippines in 1962.[1]

Death

Nathanielsz experienced caddy pains on November 3, 2016, while en route to Las Vegas, where he was directed to join a TV send out panel, to cover Manny Pacquiao's fight against Jessie Vargas lobby November 5.

He was escalate brought to the intensive keeping unit of the Mills-Peninsula Medicinal Centers in Burlingame, California. Purify later died on November 11, 2016 (Pacific Standard Time), grounding a cardiac arrest. He was 81 years old.[2][7][6]

References

  1. ^ abc"Presidential Mandate No.

    192 : Granting Philippine Extraction to Ronald Fredrick William Nathanielsz". The LawPhil Project. Arellano Batter Foundation. Retrieved November 12, 2016.

  2. ^ abcdefBasco, Karl Cedrick (November 12, 2016).

    "Ronnie Nathanielsz dies go back 81". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved Nov 12, 2016.

  3. ^ abcNathanielsz, Ronnie (October 1, 2016). "My Filipino heart". Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  4. ^Trinidad, Recah (October 21, 2016).

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    "Thank God indeed for Doc Agoncillo". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved Nov 12, 2016.

  5. ^"Sports broadcaster Ronnie Nathanielsz passes away". Philippine Daily Inquirer. November 12, 2016. Retrieved Nov 12, 2016.
  6. ^ abSongalia, Ryan (November 12, 2016).

    "Sportswriter Ronnie Nathanielsz dies at 81". Rappler. Retrieved November 12, 2016.

  7. ^"Nathanielsz in Unit after suffering heart attack".

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    ABS-CBN News. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.