Johnny Midnight | |
Birth Name: | John William Xeres-Burgos Joseph Jr. |
Birth Date: | March 31, 1941 |
Birth Place: | Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Commonwealth of the Philippines |
Death Place: | Manila, Philippines |
Occupation: | Television journalist, radio host |
Years Active: | 1969 - 2014 |
John William Xeres-Burgos Joseph Jr., also known as Johnny Midnight (March 31, 1941 – October 6, 2014) was a Filipino radio and television broadcaster. He was a pioneer reporter of Radyo Patrol in the 1960s.[1] He was awarded with the Presidential Humanitarian Award of the First Order by then President Ferdinand Marcos due to his work in helping the victims of the 1968 Casiguran earthquake in Binondo, Manila.[2] He died due to prostate cancer on October 6, 2014.[3]