Death
On 5 August 2005, Raul Roco died of prostate cancer, at St Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City. He was buried on August 11 in Naga City, Camarines Sur.
His widow, Sonia, was beaten for Senator under the Genuine Opposition (formerly United Opposition) umbrella in the May 14, 2007 midterm elections and still representing the party he started, Aksyon Demokratiko, in the hopes of continuing the advocacies that her late husband had started.
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