death_date death_place years_active birth_place religion nationality name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
03 june 2005 quezon city , philippines 1946 -- 2005 manila , philippines roman catholicism filipino teddy benigno 18 may 1923 dominga `` meng '' comsti-benigno teodoro benigno
 teodoro c. benigno , jr. journalist , writer
teodoro benigno

teodoro `` teddy '' benigno , jr. -lrb- 18 may 1923 -- 3 june 2005 -rrb- was a leading filipino journalist with a career spanning seven decades .
his writings first graced the print media in 1946 , when he joined the manila tribune as a sportswriter and police beat reporter .
however , the greater part of his career was spent with the agence france presse , which he joined as a senior editor in 1950 .
he would spend thirty seven years with the afp , serving as manila bureau chief from 1962 until 1987 .
benigno maintained extensive ties with france .
fluent in french , he studied at the institut des sciences politiques and was awarded the french legion of honor in 1989 .
