Death
He was admitted at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Pasay City, Philippines on 15 June 2012, to seek treatment for leukemia. Because of his religious beliefs, he refused to have a blood transfusion, but relented on undergoing chemotherapy.
He succumbed to the disease eleven days later, on 26 June 2012, at age 68.
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