What is Ronnie Virgets?
[[File:Ronnie Virgets.jpg|thumb|200px|Ronnie Virgets]] '''Ronald Edward Virgets''' (April 4, 1942 – May 20, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] writer, commentator and journalist. He was born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], where he worked and is best known. He worked as a feature reporter for TV stations WDSU and WWL-TV. He also wrote for ''[[The Times-Picayune]]'', ''[[Gambit (newspaper)|Gambit]]'', ''New Orleans Magazine'' and had many books published. He won a regional [[Emmy Award]] for a 1992 story on the city of New Orleans. Virgets served as host of ''Crescent City,'' a radio program broadcast in New Orleans on [[National Public Radio]]'s WWNO. Virgets died on May 20, 2019 in [[Destrehan, Louisiana]]. He was 77.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/news/2019/05/ronnie-virgets-distinct-new-orleans-voice-and-storyteller-dies-at-77.html|title=Ronnie Virgets, distinct New Orleans voice and storyteller, dies at 77|website=NOLA.com|date=May 20, 2019|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Virgets, Ronnie}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American columnists]] [[Category:Emmy Award winners]] [[Category:Journalists from Louisiana]] [[Category:Writers from New Orleans]] {{US-bio-stub}}