Veteran Hong Kong journalist Henry Parwani died suddenly at his home in Jardine's Lookout on Tuesday night, aged 67.
His wife Rita, who was by his side, said Parwani had a heart condition but it had been under control. He felt unwell at about 7pm. An hour later he experienced shortness of breath and his condition deteriorated rapidly until he collapsed in his wife's arms shortly after 9pm.
Parwani joined the Hong Kong Standard in the 1960s as a reporter before he was hired by The Star, the city's first English-language tabloid newspaper, which had launched in 1965.
He then started the now- defunct tabloid The Sun, and later returned to the Standard in the mid-1980s to take over as executive editor.
Parwani later branched out into media relations, and was recruited by tycoon Richard Li Tzar-kai as a senior executive to help run satellite channel Star TV.
He had worked with Macau's Government Information Services for the past decade, and continued to contribute to journalism until his death.