Andrew Walther Obituary : Andrew T. Walther, president and head working official of EWTN News Inc., kicked the bucket in New Haven of difficulties identified with leukemia Nov. 1. A local of Los Angeles, Walther, joined the worldwide news association June 1. He would have been 46 Nov. 30. “His passing is an extraordinary misfortune to EWTN and the congregation,” Michael P. Warsaw, director and CEO of EWTN Global Catholic Network, said in an assertion delivered Nov. 2.
“Andrew joined EWTN in June of this current year and however he had just been in his part for a brief timeframe, he had just achieved a lot. Notwithstanding being determined to have leukemia soon after taking the situation at EWTN, he worked indefatigably over the span of his treatment,” Warsaw said.
“Shockingly, his condition got ugly in the previous scarcely any days,” Warsaw added.
Before joining EWTN, Walther was VP of for correspondences and vital arranging at the Knights of Columbus, having joined the congenial association in 2005. Holding different situations with the association, he helped dispatch its advanced correspondences division.
Incomparable Knight Carl Anderson communicated stun and bitterness over Walther’s demise.
He reviewed in an assertion Walther’s commitments that supported the Knights’ correspondence program and effort in the Middle East, saying they were indispensable to the association’s advancement.
“I have solicited all individuals from the Knights of Columbus to join in petitioning God for the rest of Andrew’s spirit and in keeping Andrew’s better half Maureen and their four little youngsters in their supplications,” Anderson said.
Walther was associated with Catholic and mainstream news sources, the presentation of web-based media channels and video creation, and the association’s worldwide media work, particularly in Europe and the Middle East.
He likewise was associated with the Knights’ altruistic work and debacle alleviation activities. He presented the association’s Christian Refugee Relief program to help Christians fundamentally from Iraq and Syria constrained from their homes. He likewise regulated the Knights’ help and compassionate work in Haiti.