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In December 2007, Aquino experienced periodic fluctuations of blood pressure, difficulty in breathing, hair loss, loss of appetite and a remarkable drop in weight.Some days after, her physician informed the Aquino family that she had colon cancer, and by mid-March 2008, she confided the nature of her disease to a close friend, Rev Catalino Arévalo.
Corazon or "Cory" (25 January 1933 - 1 August 2009), In 1954, she married Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr. Benigno, or "Ninoy", [2] with President Ramon Magsaysay as one of the sponsors. Ninoy's grandfather, Servillano Aquino , was a general in the revolutionary army against Spain while his father, Benigno Aquino, Sr. was the Speaker of the ...
Laurice Guillen as Corazon Aquino, the widow of Benigno Aquino Jr. who later becomes president in the film's conclusion. Like Rustia's performance of Marcos, Guillen's portrayal of Aquino was praised by Philippine media for her acting while also simultaneously heavily criticised for the inaccurate design of her prosthetic nose makeup. [1]
The original musical stage play was written by Vincent Tañada and commissioned by Corazon Aquino through the Benigno S. Aquino Jr. Foundation (now the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation) in 2009. [1] [2] It was released shortly after her death in August 2009. [3]
She was married to Nicanor M. Reyes, Jr., eldest son of FEU's founder. They had four children, Marie Therese, Nicanor III, Joaquin Jose, and Enrique Robert. She was the elder sister of former Philippine President Corazon S. Cojuangco-Aquino and Tarlac former Representative Jose Cojuangco Jr.
Corazon Aquino was fluent in French, Japanese, Spanish, and English aside from her native Tagalog and Kapampangan. [11] Benigno Aquino Jr., a member of the Liberal Party, rose to become the youngest governor in the country in 1961 and then the youngest senator ever elected to the Senate of the Philippines in 1967.
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He was the older brother of former Cebu governor Emilio Mario "Lito" Osmeña Jr. and Annabelle "Annie" Osmeña-Aboitiz, a real estate developer. His paternal grandfather was Sergio Osmeña , the fourth President of the Philippines .