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Kabayan Rep. Calalang passes away

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 02:42 PM

Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ciriaco “Acoy” Calalang passed away on Sunday. He was 67. Read more »

Arthur Mitchell, trail-blazing black American ballet dancer, dead at 84

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 07:57 AM

Arthur Mitchell, a pioneering black American ballet dancer, died Wednesday at the age of 84, the Dance Theater of Harlem troupe which he co-founded announced.    Read more »

Hollywood star Burt Reynolds dies at 82

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 07 04:47 AM

(UPDATED) U.S. actor Burt Reynolds, best known for his roles in "Deliverance" and "Boogie Nights," died on Thursday, his publicist announced. Read more »

Olympian Ian Lariba passes away

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 03 03:58 PM

Olympic table tennis player Ian Lariba passed away Sunday night after losing her battle with cancer. She was 23. Read more »

Ex-Cebu governor De La Serna succumbs to cancer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 09:32 AM

Former Cebu Governor Vicente "Ting Ting" De La Serna, 66, passed away due to lung cancer on Saturday, his family confirmed. Read more »

US playwright, 'king of comedy' Neil Simon dead at 91

Jennie Matthew and Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 27 07:42 AM

Neil Simon, the prolific and Pulitzer Prize-winning US playwright celebrated as the king of comedy who won more Oscar and Tony nominations combined than any other showbiz writer, died on Sunday. He was 91.  Read more »

US senator John McCain dead at 81: office

Will Dunham, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 26 09:33 AM

(UPDATE 2) U.S. Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran unsuccessfully for president as a self-styled maverick Republican in 2008 and became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday, his office said. He was 81. Read more »

Direk Christopher Ad Castillo, pumanaw na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 02:30 PM

Pumanaw na nitong Agosto 18, ang horror movie director na si Christoper Ad Castillo. Siya ay 54 anyos.   Read more »

Kofi Annan struggled to escape the curse of history

Reuters
Posted at Aug 18 08:08 PM

Kofi Annan, the former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who died on Saturday, will be remembered as a dedicated humanitarian whose career was tarnished by ugly conflicts that spun out of control. Read more »

'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies at 76

Bill Trott, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 16 11:56 PM

NEW YORK (2nd UPDATE) - Aretha Franklin, the preacher's daughter whose powerful voice made her the long-reigning "Queen of Soul" with such hit songs as "Respect" and "Chain of Fools," died on Thursday at the age of 76, officials said. Read more »

Nobel-winning writer V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 12 04:15 PM

British author V.S. Naipaul, a famously outspoken Nobel laureate who wrote on the traumas of post-colonial change, has died at the age of 85. Read more »

Former U.S. senator who told Marcos 'time has come' dies at 96

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at Aug 08 12:41 AM

With instability growing and Marcos barricaded in his palace, the Philippine leader telephoned Laxalt and asked, "Should I step down? Senator, what do you think?" Read more »

Grand dame of Philippine letters Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil passes away

Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta, ANC-X
Posted at Jul 31 06:35 PM

Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil was a singular writer who left her readers transfixed, and drew her fellow Filipinos into a more intimate sense of their Filipino-ness.  Read more »

Former ambassador Jose Apolinario Lozada passes away

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 01 01:41 AM

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) - Former ambassador Jose Apolinario Lozada, Jr. has passed away, his daughter said Tuesday. He was 67. Read more »

Art critic Alice Guillermo passes away

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 11:48 AM

Art critic and esteemed University of the Philippines professor Alice Guillermo passed away on Sunday after a lingering illness. Read more »

National Historical Commission ex-chair Nakpil passes away

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 11:40 AM

Carmen Guerrero Nakpil, a former chairperson of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), has passed away. Read more »

DOJ holds necrological rites for ex-Justice Ricardo Puno Sr.

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 06:45 PM

MANILA - The Department of Justice on Friday held a necrological service for the late former Justice Minister and Court of Appeals Associate Justice Ricardo Puno Sr. to honor his life and legacy. Read more »

Ex-Justice Ricardo Puno Sr. passes away

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 25 04:42 PM

Retired judge Ricardo Puno, Sr. has passed away, his family confirmed Wednesday.  Read more »

Dating security adviser Roilo Golez, pumanaw na

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 11:55 PM

Pumanaw nitong Lunes sa edad na 71 ang dating national security adviser na si Roilo Golez. Read more »

Ex-security adviser Golez passes away

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 10:29 PM

MANILA - (3rd UPDATE) Former national security adviser Roilo Golez passed away on Monday. He was 71. Read more »