Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) – Veteran photojournalist Dennis Sabangan, chief photographer of the Frankfurt-based European PressPhoto Agency (EPA), died Monday morning (June 29) due to cardiac arrest at the age of 41.
Sabangan was reportedly driving along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City when he suffered a heart attack. He was rushed to the nearest hospital but was declared dead on arrival at 10:35 a.m.
A founding member of the Philippine Center for Photojournalism, Sabangan previously worked for major local broadsheets such as The Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Manila Times, and Today.
Sabangan also worked as a stringer for Getty Images, Reflex News, KCS Presse, and SIPA Press. He had been a photojournalism lecturer at the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) since 2009.
The EPA posted this announcement on its official Facebook timeline.
There will be a five-day wake for Sabangan starting on Tuesday (June 30) at the Loyola Memorial Chapels on Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City, as announced by the UP CMC Student Council.
