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Filipino cultural icon Nora Aunor dies at 71

April 17, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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Nora Aunor, considered by many Filipinos as their country’s greatest actor and singer, has died aged 71, the government and her family said Thursday.

Proclaimed a “National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts” by the Philippines in 2022, the once child snack vendor will be honoured with a state funeral.

“It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Nora Aunor, our beloved mother, celebrated television and movie actress,” her adopted daughter Lotlot de Leon announced Thursday on her Instagram page.

The cause of death, which took place on Wednesday, was not disclosed.

Aunor starred in 170 films and got her first break when cast in 1967’s “All Over the World”, a typical teen comedy of the era.

With a darker skin tone compared to the half-Caucasian actors that dominated local cinema at the time — Aunor brought a relatability to audiences, earning her the nickname Ate guy, or big sister guy.

She would become a sensation as part of a studio-manufactured “love team” with actor Tirso Cruz III. Together, they were known as “Guy and Pip”.

Critical acclaim followed nearly a decade later with starring roles in the dramas “Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos” (“Three Years Without God”) and “Minsa’y Isang Gamu-gamo” (“Once a Moth”), both released in 1976.

– ‘Splendid career’ –

Aunor also recorded hundreds of songs, including 1971’s “Pearly Shells”, said to be one of the Philippine’s top-selling singles ever.

On Thursday, President Ferdinand Marcos described her as “a gift to the Filipino nation”, and the government’s National Commission for Culture and the Arts said she would receive a state funeral.

Aunor’s daughter Leon later posted on Instagram that the funeral will take place on April 22 at the National Heroes Cemetery.

“Throughout her splendid career that spanned more than 50 years, she was our consummate actress, singer, and film producer,” Marcos said.

“Her golden voice was a balm for all. Her genius was a gift to the Filipino nation.”

The fourth of five children from a family in the poverty-stricken Bicol region southeast of Manila, Aunor, born Nora Villamayor, helped the family make ends meet by selling cold water and snacks at a train station.

Her grandmother taught her to sing, and at 14, she won a nationwide singing contest.

She married Filipino actor Christopher de Leon in 1975, and the couple had one biological child and four adopted children before separating two decades later.

Aunor later immigrated to the United States, and in 2005 was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for drug possession. She underwent a court-directed drug diversion programme that kept her out of prison.

She returned to Manila in 2011 to resume her acting and singing career.

 

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