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Date of Birth

29 October 1920, Manila, Philippines

Date of Death

1 September 2008, Pasay City, Philippines (complications from a stroke)

Birth Name

Fidela Mendoza Magpayo

Nickname

Tiya Dely
Dorothy Dix of the Philippines
The First Lady of Philippine Radio

Trivia

Earned her Bachelor of Arts, major in Political Science degree in 1950 at the Institute of Arts and Sciences.

A KBP (Kapisanan ng mga Broadkaster sa Pilipinas) Lifetime Achievement Awardee, she has been a broadcast journalist for the last six decades and is still going strong with her programs at DZRH.

Spent most of her career life in radio broadcasting but also appeared in the few movies and was a lead actress for the Manila Grand Opera House. She also became a recording artist for Villar Records.

Briefly from 1946 to 1950, she served as the confidential secretary of the late Vice President Elpidio Quirino who later became a president of the Philippines.

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