Hasbullah Awang
Hasbullah Awang | |
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Born |
Teluk Intan, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) | September 9, 1952
Died |
February 12, 2015 62) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | (aged
Cause of death | Heart complication |
Nationality | Malaysian |
Occupation | Sports commentator |
Years active | 1974 - 2015 |
Religion | Islam |
Spouse(s) | Hazida Alang Ahmad |
Children |
Jojiana Hasbullah Dodiana Hasbullah Noniana Hasbullah Loliana Hasbullah |
Hasbullah Awang (9 September 1952 - 12 February 2015) was a Malaysian famous sports commentator who served with Astro. He worked as a sports commentator for the network Astro Arena since January 2014 after being stopped serving as a sports commentator at Radio Television Malaysia.[1]
Hasbullah started his career as a radio announcer on Radio 1 (now Radio Klasik FM). He also became an assistant to operate a special program for kids with Kak Yong. He is better known as a commentator for sports events at home and abroad. His popularity peaked during the football nation into the Semi-Pro era in the early 1990s. He also a narrator for the Malaysian film, Sumolah, directed by Afdlin Shauki.
He died at the age of 62 at the National Heart Institute of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur due to heart complication.[2]