Broadcast journalist Angelo Castro Jr. dies at 67

Veteran broadcast journalist Angelo Castro Jr. passed away on Thursday after battling lung cancer for several years, according to the news website of ABS-CBN network, where he was a long-time news anchor. ABS-CBN News Online reported that the 67-year-old news anchor died at St. Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City. In a statement posted on the government's website, presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said: "We mourn the passing of Angelo Castro Jr. For many years he was a calm and reassuring presence on the late evening news. His passing marks the closing of an era of gentlemanly broadcasting, where erudition and dignity were the hallmarks of news and current affairs." Castro was the main anchor of the news program The World Tonight from the time it was shown on ABS-CBN Channel 2 until the show moved to the network's cable news channel ANC. The ABS-CBN report said Castro took a break from his duties for two years, but returned in  2011. Castro's wife, June Keithley Castro, recently appeared on ANC where she detailed her own fight against cancer. She also spoke briefly about the condition of her husband. "Castro joined ABS-CBN in 1986 when it re-opened after the EDSA revolution. Since that time, ACJ has been our boss, mentor, top anchor, colleague, friend and leader in many ways," according to an ANC statement posted on the network's news website. Castro is survived by his wife June Keithley, son Diego and other children, according to the network. - Kimberly Jane Tan/RSJ/KG/KBK/YA/HS, GMA News