Philippine Showbiz Today
May 8 - 21, 2017
Romeo Vasquez dies at 78
Actor Romeo Vasquez died early
Wednesday morning in a Los Angeles
hospital, according to his son-in-law,
actor Albert Martinez.
Vasquez was 78.
In the 1960s, Vasquez was married
to movie queen Amalia Fuentes and
they had a daughter, Liezl Sumilang-
Martinez, who passed away in 2015.
Vasquez, who was based in the
United States, traveled back to Manila
to attend his daughter’s wake and
interment two years ago.
Martinez described Vasquez as
a “good man.” “My kids (Alyanna,
Alfonso and Alissa) are saddened by
the loss of their grandfather.”
Vasquez shared the screen with
Fuentes in several movies produced
by Sampaguita Pictures in the 1950s
and 1960s: “Pretty Boy,” “Bobby,”
and “Bilanggong Birhen.”
Apart from Fuentes, Vasquez
was also paired with movie queens
Susan Roces in the 1950s and 1960s
and Vilma Santos in the 1970s and
1980s.
Among his movies with Roces were
“Debutante,” “Prinsesa Gusgusin”
and “Maruja.” With Santos, he starred
in films like “Apoy sa Ilalim, Apoy sa
Ibabaw,” “Pinagbuklod ng Pag-Ibig,”
“Swing It… Baby!” and “Ayaw Kong
Maging Kerida.”
In 1993 and 1994, Vasquez
portrayed the late Lauro Vizconde
in two movies on the murder of
the latter’s family: “The Vizconde
Massacre: God, Help Us!” and “The
Untold Story: Vizconde Massacre II:
May the Lord Be With Us!” (JE, Inq) ●
Romeo Vasquez
1938-2017
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