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Pak Samad dies at 84
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The National Journalism Laureate had been admitted to the hospital on Aug 25 for a lung and blood infection which worsened and led to multiple organ failure.
The former New Straits Times adviser leaves behind wife Puan Sri Habibah Hamid, two sons, six daughters, 26 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
His body was taken to his home in Section 16, Petaling Jaya at 8pm.
He will be buried at the Kiara Muslim cemetery today after Friday prayers.
Samad was born on April 18, 1924, in Singapore and begin his career as a reporter with Utusan Melayu before World War 2.
In 1972, when the New Straits Times was established here as a homegrown newspaper, Samad was named managing editor and deputy group editor-in-chief.
Samad was appointed editorial adviser of the newspaper in 1982.
He was also involved in setting up TV3’s news department in 1984.
He was also a Berita Harian columnist and resident writer at the Arts & Social Sciences Faculty of University of Malaya.
In 2001, he returned to the New Straits Times as editorial adviser.
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