Pulitzer-Winning Fil-Am Journalist Alex Tizon Dies at 58

Alex Tizon (Photo by Daniel D. Morrison)

Filipino American investigative journalist Alex Tizon, a Pulitzer Prize-winner, died in Eugene, Oregon on Thursday (Friday in Manila). He was 58. A report by The Oregonian said that Tizon died in his sleep of natural causes, quoting University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication Dean Juan-Carlos Molleda, reports GMA News. Tizon was a professor of journalism at the university.