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RIP: Ernie Baron
« on: Jan 24, 2006 at 08:36 AM »


RP’s ‘walking encyclopedia’ dies

Jan 24, 2006
Updated 04:03am (Mla time)
Jocelyn R. Uy
Inquirer

THE walking “Book Of Knowledge,” Ernesto “Ka Ernie” Baron, died yesterday in his Muntinlupa City home.

He was 65 years old.

ABS-CBN, the TV network that catapulted Baron to popularity after he became the weatherman on its news program, TV Patrol, expressed sadness over his death.

“The passing of our beloved ‘Ka Ernie’ brings great sorrow to the ABS-CBN family,” it said in a statement.

Describing Baron as “an icon in local sciences and the broadcast industry,” the TV network said “Ka Ernie endeared himself to the public as a credible radio-TV personality, a Pinoy genius and the country’s walking encyclopedia.”

Baron was taken to the Muntinlupa City Medical Center (MCMC) at around 9:30 a.m. after his daughter, Shirley, found him unconscious on his bed.

Earlier, Shirley forced her way into her father’s room when he failed to come down for breakfast.

Although Baron was declared dead on arrival when he was brought into the hospital, MCMC physicians Gibson Garcia and Cesar Berroya still tried to revive him, the hospital’s information personnel told the Inquirer yesterday.

The doctors said Baron could have died of a silent myocardial infection or of complications from diabetes.

“Relatives said he just didn’t wake up,” said the owner of the Zenaida Lim-De Mesa Funeral Homes, where Baron’s body was taken from the hospital.

The Inquirer tried to speak with Baron’s relatives but they did not want to give further details yet.

Baron’s body, placed in a silver metal casket, was brought to the Ruby Chapel of the Divine Mercy Chapels Inc. in Tunasan, Muntinlupa City, in the afternoon.

The schedule of interment has yet to be announced but the Inquirer learned from the Zenaida Lim-De Mesa Funeral Homes that he would be buried at the Angeles Memorial Park in Bacoor, Cavite.

Baron started his career in radio in 1965 on “Mga Gintong Kaalaman,” an educational program, as a block-time announcer.

He later moved to dzMM where he hosted the program “Knowledge Power,” which also became a TV show on ABS-CBN.

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Re: RIP: Ernie Baron
« Reply #1 on: Jan 24, 2006 at 08:56 AM »
That's myocardial infarction. The writer should know better.

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Re: RIP: Ernie Baron
« Reply #2 on: Jan 26, 2006 at 03:57 PM »
God bless, Ka Ernie.

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Re: RIP: Ernie Baron
« Reply #3 on: Feb 04, 2006 at 09:30 PM »
 :'(