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Philippine news presenter (1936–2014) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harry Alesna Gasser (December 2, 1936 – April 3, 2014) was a Philippine news presenter[2] Gasser was the face of Philippine evening news at the time of the regime of Ferdinand Marcos.[3]
Harry Gasser | |
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Born | Harry Alesna Gasser December 2, 1936 |
Died | April 3, 2014 77) Quezon City, Philippines | (aged
Occupation | Newscaster |
Spouse | Flora Gasser |
He started his journalistic career as an anchor of Balita Ngayon on ABS-CBN from 1969 to 1972.[1] Following the closure of the network during Martial Law, Gasser transferred to BBC-2 where he anchored BBC Primetime News from 1973 to 1977.[1] He was the main anchor of RPN's NewsWatch during the Marcos regime. He also worked with Radio Veritas as news manager and later moved on to ABS-CBN to anchor TV Patrol in Cebu City from 1998-2001.
He was also overseas program manager and news manager of Radio Veritas.[1]
Gasser was married to veteran comedian Flora Gasser. They had two children.[4] Loren Legarda, who co-anchored NewsWatch with Gasser on RPN, noted that "he was a proud Cebuano."[4]
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