Filipino folk and rock icon Heber Bartolome, 73, died Monday after a prolonged prostate illness.
The death was confirmed by his brother Jesse who however did not give much details.
He said he received a call that Heber was rushed on Monday night to Veterans Memorial Medical Center when his pulse was weak and died only a few minutes later.
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He said death came “so sudden” and “we were happy celebrating his birthday last Tuesday, November 9.”
Heber suffered from prostate illness for over a year and the death was not due to COVID.
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Heber, founder of the band Banyuhay and a former member and trustee of Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Inc. (FILSCAP), gave some great hits like Nena, Tayo’y Mga Pinoy, Pasahero, Karaniwang Tao and Almusal.
Born on November 4, 1948 in Cabanutuan City, Nueva Ecija, he earne a Fine Arts degree from the University of the Philippines in 1973 and taught Filipino Literature at the De La Salle University from 1981 to 1984. (AW)
