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September 7, 2013 | 4:09 pm
Dulce (left) is shown with Susan Fuentes. Dulce announced that the Queen of Visayan Songs died from colon cancer on Saturday.MANILA, Philippines—Queen of Visayan songs Susan Fuentes has passed away after a battle with colon cancer, singer Dulce said Saturday.
Fuentes died at 12:20 p.m. on Saturday, said Dulce. She was 58.
“I was praying for her on the phone and assured her of the Kingdom where Jesus is waiting to welcome her home, where there’s no more sadness or pain,†said Dulce.
“To everyone who helped Susan Fuentes, we thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts,†said Dulce.
No member of her family was by her side when she passed away, the fellow Visayan balladeer added. She had long been estranged from her two children.
Fuentes had been living in Quezon City since 1973.
Born Susan Toyogan in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Fuentes was the fourth of five siblings. Her father was from Bohol, her mother from Surigao.
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