Helen Vela died in 1992 at 46. She'd done what almost nobody in Manila media could do: move between hard news and telenovelas without losing credibility in either. She interviewed presidents in the morning, shot dramatic scenes in the afternoon. Her colleagues called her "the chameleon" — not because she changed, but because she belonged everywhere. Filipino television lost its most versatile face the same year it was exploding into its golden age. She never got to see what she helped build.
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