PUBLISHED : 26 Nov 2023 at 04:00
Former Bangkok Post editor Bandhit Rajavatanadhanin has died at 85 of natural causes, his family said.
Apart from being editor of the Post, he was also the honorary president of the Confederation of Asean Journalists (CAJ). His funeral rites began on Friday and will last until Thursday at Wat Rat Bamrung on Phetkasem 69 Road in Bang Kae district.
Born in tambon Yaicha of Sam Phran district in Nakhon Pathom on June 4, 1938, Bandhit started at the Post on Nov 3, 1963, while he was a fourth-year student at Thammasat University’s Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy.
He said he was the youngest of 18 employees of the newspaper, which at that time cost 1.50 baht on the newsstands.
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