Barry Ronge, South African journalist, columnist, writer, broadcaster, movie reviewer, and raconteur, has passed away at the age of 74.
Ronge was also one of the South Africa’s best-known movie critics and its most widely read columnists.
What happened to Barry Ronge?
Barry Ronge was born in 1948 in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa. He grew up on the West Rand. There he attended Florida Park High School.
He attended the University of the Witwatersrand, and after his graduation, he began a teaching career at St. John’s College.
After this, he continued his career with a ten-year stint as a lecturer in literature at the University of the Witwatersrand. He also moved on to become a print and electronic journalist, specializing in the arts.
Ronge passed away on Sunday, 3 July at home in the arms of his life partner of 45 years, Albertus Van Dyk. He also requested that his death only be officially announced a week after his passing.
He died from old age and natural causes.
