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Veteran AP Journalist David Briscoe Dies at 82

6/11/2026

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  • David Briscoe died Sunday in Kapolei, Hawaii, aged 82 after an amyloidosis diagnosis.
  • He joined the Associated Press in Manila in 1970, was bureau chief in 1980, and covered the 1983 assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. and the 1986 People Power revolution.
  • His family will scatter his ashes in the Pacific, hoping they return to the Philippines, after he led the Honolulu AP bureau from 2001 to 2009.