Ricky Lo Biography – Ricky Lo Wiki
Ricky Lo born Ricardo F. “Ricky” Lo was a Filipino entertainment writer and commentator, and television host. He was born of Chinese descent and was a native of Las Navas, Northern Samar, where he finished grade school. He finished high school at the bilingual Tabaco Pei Ching School in Tabaco, Albay, and took up AB English at the University of the East. He did a stint as the entertainment editor, first as an editorial assistant for Variety magazine, The Manila Times’ Sunday supplement where he began his FunFare column. He then proceeded to join the Philippine Daily Express as a staff writer for the newspaper publisher’s Express Week magazine and then as a deskman for The Evening Express. He eventually wrote the main broadsheet. He then became an editorial assistant for Daily Express’ Weekend Sunday magazine until 1986. He went to work with The Philippine Star in July 1986 where he revived his FunFare column and started his regular Sunday feature, Conversations with Ricky Lo.
He is the author of Star-Studded, the first compilation of his articles on movie stars, which he released in 1995. Another book, Conversations with Ricky Lo was released in 2001. The book bears his sensitive, intelligent, and penetrating style of handling interviews. In 1999, he became one of the hosts of the showbiz-oriented talk show, The Buzz, on ABS-CBN. He later transferred to GMA 7 and hosted Startalk from 2008 to 2015 and CelebriTV which ran from 2015 to 2016. He also hosted other showbiz-oriented programs such as The Ricky Lo Exclusives in QTV 11 and Showbiz Stripped.
He was the first to write about the Martin Nievera and Pops Fernandez break-up, then, in 2008, the Karylle and Dingdong Dantes break-up. In January 2013, his interview with Anne Hathaway drew flak from netizens. Critics averred that the interview was a disgrace for posing questions that seemed not fitting for a well-known actress. Colleagues in the industry supported him, however, and referred to his long experience in entertainment journalism. Reportedly, he was merely amused with the negative comments and was not offended. Some of Lo’s supposedly awkward questions that he threw at Hathaway were about her weight loss in the film Les Misérables and real-life experience with a hunger that seems to have offended the actress. Lea Salonga, who was mentioned in the interview, explained that while she cannot speak for Hathaway, she has been trained to expect all kinds of questions, ranging from broadsheet to tabloid. Salonga noted, however, that interviews are also about how questions are asked.
Ricky Lo Age
He was born on April 21, 1946 and died on May 4, 2021 . He was 75 years at the time of his death.
Ricky Lo Family
The late Ricky has not often shared a lot of information about his family. He was born in the Philipines and has a sister known as Susan Lee.
Ricky Lo Death
Lo died on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. His death was made public by the Philippine Star. In a statement, the Star said, “You will be remembered, Sir Ricky. It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved Entertainment editor and columnist Ricky Lo on May 4, 2021.” His sister, Susan Lee, said he died at past 10 pm due to a stroke, ABS-CBN reported.
Ricky Lo Cause of Death
The cause of her death was as a result of suffering from a stroke.
Ricky Lo Instagram
He was on Instagram as @therealrickylo.
