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Veteran broadcaster Joe Taruc passes away

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 01 01:18 AM

Veteran radio broadcaster Joe Taruc passed away on Saturday, his son Jay confirmed. Read more »

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dies

Bill Trott, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 28 12:50 PM

(UPDATED) Playboy Enterprises Inc. said on Wednesday its founder Hugh Hefner has died from natural causes. Read more »

World's richest woman and L'Oreal heiress dies at 94

Reuters
Posted at Sep 22 03:55 PM

PARIS - French businesswoman and billionaire Liliane Bettencourt, whose family founded L'Oreal and still owns the largest stake in the cosmetics giant, has died aged 94, her daughter said on Thursday. Read more »

Francisco Malabed, mortician to Marcos and Ninoy, dies at 67

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 05:04 AM

Francisco Malabed, the mortician of the late President Ferdinand Marcos and late senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. has died. He was 67. Read more »

Veteran actor Harry Dean Stanton dies at 91

Bill Trott, Reuters
Posted at Sep 16 02:15 PM

Harry Dean Stanton, whose scruffy looks and off-beat demeanor made him a favorite of directors seeking a character actor to add eccentricity or melancholy to the screen, died on Friday from natural causes, his agent said. He was 91. Read more »

Postman who survived Nagasaki A-bomb dies at 88

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 30 03:18 PM

TOKYO, Japan - Prominent nuclear disarmament campaigner Sumiteru Taniguchi, who was delivering mail in Nagasaki when the United States dropped an atomic bomb in 1945, died Wednesday at the age of 88. Read more »

Jerry Lewis, king of low-brow comedy and charity fundraiser, dies at 91

Steve Gorman, Reuters
Posted at Aug 21 07:10 AM

Jerry Lewis, the high prince of low-brow comedy on stage and in movies as well as a fund-raising powerhouse with his annual Labor Day telethon, died on Sunday at the age of 91, his family said. Read more »

A man named Go-ad

Tin Bartolome - Hopechest
Posted at Aug 18 02:31 PM

Perhaps his spirit now roams among the coffee trees he once tended. Maybe he continues to enjoy being among the trees he loved dearly. Wherever you are, Go-ad Sibayan, I salute you and pray that you are happy. Read more »

Original Lakers coach Kundla dead at 101

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 24 03:18 PM

John Kundla, a Hall of Fame coach who led the Minneapolis Lakers to five NBA titles before the team moved to Los Angeles, died Sunday. He was 101. Read more »

Actor John Heard, the 'Home Alone' dad, dead at 72

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 23 08:54 AM

Actor John Heard, best known for playing the father in the hit 90s-era "Home Alone" films, has died, according to US media. He was 72.  Read more »

John Avildsen, director of 'Rocky', dies at 81

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 17 12:54 PM

LOS ANGELES, United States - John Avildsen, the Oscar-winning director whose blockbuster films like "Rocky" and "The Karate Kid" championed the ascent of underdogs, has died. He was 81 years old. Read more »

Filipino artist 'Malang' passes away at 89

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 01:49 PM

Filipino artist Mauro "Malang" Santos passed away Saturday morning at the age of 89, his son and fellow creative Soler said. Read more »

Bobong Velez hailed as visionary of PH sports broadcasting

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 01:09 PM

Tributes poured in for Carlos "Bobong" Velez over the past couple of days after the former boss of Vintage Sports passed away due to illness last Saturday night at the age of 71. Read more »

Mt. Province lawmaker passes away

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 02:24 PM

Mountain Province Representative Maximo Dalog passed away Saturday morning due to pneumonia, his colleague and staff members confirmed Saturday. Read more »

First Japanese to report Hiroshima atomic bomb dies at 86

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 31 08:20 AM

Yoshie Oka, the first person to raise the alarm outside Hiroshima that the Japanese city had been hit by an atomic bomb, has died aged 86, media and acquaintances said Tuesday.   Read more »

Southern rock music pioneer Gregg Allman dead at 69

Bill Trott, Reuters
Posted at May 28 08:15 AM

Gregg Allman, whose soulful vocals made the Allman Brothers Band one of rock's top acts in the 1970s with songs such as "Whipping Post," in a career also marred by tragedy and drug abuse, died on Saturday at the age of 69, his official website said.  Read more »

Former Senator Eva Estrada-Kalaw, 96

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 25 09:28 PM

MANILA (UPDATE)- Former Senator Eva Estrada-Kalaw has passed away. She was 96.  Read more »

Taipan and diplomat Alfonso Yuchengco dies

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 01:07 PM

Taipan and diplomat Alfonso Yuchengco has died, an official of the family-run Rizal Commercial Banking Corp confirmed. He was 94. Read more »

Italian Emma Morano, last known survivor of 19th century, dies at 117

Fanny Carrier, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 16 09:28 AM

Emma Morano, an Italian woman believed to have been the oldest person alive and the last survivor of the 19th century, died Saturday at the age of 117, Italian media reported. Read more »

Mercury Drug founder Mariano Que dies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 11:02 AM

Mariano Que, founder of Mercury Drug Corporation, has passed away at age 96. Read more »