Veteran comedienne Tia Pusit, 66 | Inquirer Entertainment

Veteran comedienne Tia Pusit, 66

/ 01:01 AM October 03, 2014

Tiya Pusit. FILE PHOTO

Tiya Pusit. FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—Comedienne Tia Pusit died Thursday night, TV reports said Thursday.

In the past few weeks, the 66-year-old Tia Pusit’s (Myrna Villanueva in real life) condition has reportedly gone to worse after her double bypass surgery.

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In a statement released to the media a couple of weeks ago Christian Uybengkee, her son, said Tia Pusit had two episodes of stroke, blood clots with little brain activity and her kidney was “failing rapidly.”

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Tia Pusit was confined at the Philippine Heart Center. Details of interment are yet to be announced.

Her last project was “Confessions of a Torpe” on TV5 with Ogie Alcasid.”

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Among the more than a dozen movies she acted in “A Journey Home” (2009), “Bakit ba Ganyan (Ewan ko nga ba, Darling)” (2000), “Huwag na Huwag kang Lalapit Darling” (1997) and “Hulihin si…Nardong Toothpick (1990).

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