Ronnie Nathanielsz: Difference between revisions

| image = File:Ronnie Nathanielsz.jpg

| birth_place = [[Colombo]], [[British Ceylon]] <br> (now [[Colombo, Sri Lanka]])

| death_place = [[Burlingame, California|Burlingame]], [[California]], United StatesU.S.

| nationality = [[Philippines|Filipino]]

| occupation = sports{{hlist|Sport journalist, commentator,|Commentator|Sport analyst}}

| years_active = c. {{circa|1965-2016}}–2016

Nathanielsz was born in [[Ceylon]] (now [[Sri Lanka]]) in 1935. He was the eldest son of Elmo Nathanielsz and his wife Phyllis ([[née]] Labrooy) of Colombo.<ref name="dies">{{cite news|last1=Basco|first1=Karl Cedrick|title=Ronnie Nathanielsz dies at 81|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/11/11/16/ronnie-nathanielsz-dies-at-81|accessdate=12 November 12, 2016|work=[[ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs|ABS-CBN News]]|date=12 November 12, 2016}}</ref>

He and his brother-in-law, Annesley 'Bunny' Joseph, belonged to the same boxing club in their youth. They trained under former Ceylon flyweight champion Henry Young, who thought that Ronnie had the potential tocould become an Olympic boxer. However, at age 17 or 18, Nathanielsz was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat, ending his boxing career.<ref name="filipinoheart">{{cite news|last1=Nathanielsz|first1=Ronnie|title=My Filipino heart|url=http://thestandard.com.ph/sports/sports-columns/inside-sports-by-ronnie-nathanielsz/217641/my-filipino-heart.html|accessdate=12 November 12, 2016|date=1 October 1, 2016}}</ref>

In 1965, heNathanielsz was working for radio station [[DZXL|DZHP]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sports.inquirer.net/69072/thank-god-indeed-for-doc-agoncillo|title=Thank God indeed for Doc Agoncillo|publishernewspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|last=Trinidad|first=Recah|date=October 21, 2016|accessdate=November 12, 2016}}</ref> NathanielszHe worked as a columnist for the sports section of the ''[[Manila Standard-Today]]'' and ''[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]'' newspapers.<ref name="dies"/> For Inquirer, he wrote the section ''Inside Sports'' back in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sports broadcaster Ronnie Nathanielsz passes away|url=http://sports.inquirer.net/229159/veteran-sports-scribe-ronnie-nathanielsz-passes-away|accessdate=12 November 12, 2016|publishernewspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=12 November 12, 2016}}</ref> He was also involved in various sports promotions in boxing. At the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] from the 1980s until the early 1990s, he covered basketball matches on camera. He primarily focused on covering the sport of boxing in his whole sports journalism career.<ref name="dies"/>

Then -President [[Ferdinand Marcos]] granted Nathanielsz, Philippine citizenship into Nathanielsz on May 14, 1973, through Presidential Decree 192.<ref name="pd"/>

In 1975, heNathanielsz was appointed by then -President Marcos as a liasonliaison officer between the Philippine government and the organizers of the [[Thrilla in Manila]] boxing match which was contested by ([[Muhammad Ali]] andvs. [[Joe Frazier]]).<ref name="dies"/> FewA few years later, he became the news director and general manager of the Maharlika Broadcasting System, the former brand of [[People's Television Network|Channel 4]].

His staunch loyalty to then President Marcos received some criticisms. In [[People's Television Network|GTV-4]]'s ''Face of the Nation'', a talk-show whichthat Nathanielsz hosted, his journalisticindependence virtues particularly his loyalty to Marcos' authoritarian regime werewas challenged by [[Benigno Aquino Jr.]].<ref name="dies"/>

Nathanielsz suffered fromexperienced chest pains inon November 3, 2016, while en route to [[Las Vegas]], where he was scheduled to join a TV broadcast panel, to cover [[Manny Pacquiao]]'s [[Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas|fight]] against [[Jessie Vargas]] on November 5. He was then brought to the intensive care unit of the Mills-Peninsula Medical Centers in [[Burlingame, California]]. He later died on November 11, 2016 (Pacific Standard Time), of a [[cardiac arrest]]. He was 81 years old.<ref name="dies"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Nathanielsz in ICU after suffering heart attack|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/11/08/16/nathanielsz-in-icu-after-suffering-heart-attack|accessdate=12 November 12, 2016|publisher=ABS-CBN News|date=8 November 8, 2016}}</ref><ref name="dies"/><ref name=rappler>{{cite news|last1=Songalia|first1=Ryan|title=Sportswriter Ronnie Nathanielsz dies at 81|url=http://www.rappler.com/sports/philippines/152111-ronnie-nathanielsz-dies-81|accessdate=12 November 12, 2016|work=[[Rappler]]|date=12 November 12, 2016}}</ref>

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