November 20, 2009

Johnny Delgado Passes Away at 61


Veteran movie and television actor Johnny Delgado has passed away at 61 after a year of battling lymphoma or cancer of the immune system.

Delgado, born Juan Marasigan Feleo, died at around 1:45 p.m. Thursday.

Delgado is the husband of multi-awarded director Laurice Guillen and father of opera singer and theater actress Ana Feleo and TV and film actress Ina Feleo.

Delgado is best known for being part of the television gag show Goin’ Bananas in the 1980s. He also gained recognition for his role in the family drama Tanging Yaman, where he won the FAMAS Award and the Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Actor in 2000.

His remains lie in state at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine near Broadway Centrum.

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