A few minutes ago, I received a message from Cowpunk, a friend in Singapore, on Yahoo! Messenger. He sent a sad emoticon, and then a link.
Francis Magalona, The Mouth, The Man From Manila — passed away at 12:00 noon today.
I did not know him personally, but I saw him a few times at parties (Cowpunk was a good friend of his). I grew up listening to his music though. He was 44 years old. He is survived by his wife Pia and their eight children.
As of this writing, hundreds of people have already said their goodbyes to him on his Multiply page. Probably more would leave messages if it didn’t require creating a Multiply account.
Farewell, FrancisM. We’ll see you again. But not yet… not yet.
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