The Songbird has just lost the wind beneath her wings.
At around 1:30 yesterday afternoon, Regine Velasquez’s father Gerardo Velasquez, fondly known as Mang Gerry in showbiz, died in his sleep at the hospital where he was rushed due to an emergency. Doctors said he died of cardiac arrest. He was 76.
“It was unexpected,” said Regine’s husband, Ogie Alcasid of Mang Gerry’s demise, even if he was suffering from a recurring pneumonia that required surgery last year, prompting Regine to post a petition on her Instagram for one million prayers for Mang Gerry’s speedy recovery.
Regine was not at her father’s side when he died. Usually on time for appointments, Regine arrived more than an hour late at Sir Boy’s Republique restaurant for a pocket presscon for her and Martin Nievera’s Voices of Love Valentine concert on Feb. 14 at the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena.
“She was upbeat when she arrived,” recalled Aster Amoyo, one of the movie writers at the presscon, “at parang masaya pa siya. She was apologizing profusely for being late because she said she had just come from the hospital to check on her father.”
Asked how Mang Gerry was, Regine only said, “He’s okay.”
At around 1:30 yesterday afternoon, Regine Velasquez’s father Gerardo Velasquez, fondly known as Mang Gerry in showbiz, died in his sleep at the hospital where he was rushed due to an emergency. Doctors said he died of cardiac arrest. He was 76.
“It was unexpected,” said Regine’s husband, Ogie Alcasid of Mang Gerry’s demise, even if he was suffering from a recurring pneumonia that required surgery last year, prompting Regine to post a petition on her Instagram for one million prayers for Mang Gerry’s speedy recovery.
Regine was not at her father’s side when he died. Usually on time for appointments, Regine arrived more than an hour late at Sir Boy’s Republique restaurant for a pocket presscon for her and Martin Nievera’s Voices of Love Valentine concert on Feb. 14 at the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena.
“She was upbeat when she arrived,” recalled Aster Amoyo, one of the movie writers at the presscon, “at parang masaya pa siya. She was apologizing profusely for being late because she said she had just come from the hospital to check on her father.”
Asked how Mang Gerry was, Regine only said, “He’s okay.”
