Ex-newscaster Ramly Abu Bakar dies


A file picture of Ramly Abu Bakar from 1999. - KK SHAM/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Ramly Abu Bakar, a popular newscaster and voiceover artist in the 70s and 80s, has died in Rawang near here early on Sunday (April 23). He was 78.

Celebrity Darling Ngasri shared the news on Facebook after being informed of his death by Ramly's eldest daughter.

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