Veteran Actor Mark Gil Passes Away

On Monday, morning 8:00 am, September 1, actor Mark Gil passed away this was confirmed by the manager of the actor, June Rufino, confirmed the news in a statement sent to ABS-CBN News.

"On behalf of the Eigenmann family, June Rufino, manager of Mark Gil, confirmed that the actor passed on at 8am today," the statement said.

Also according to Ms. Rufino, Mark's family will have a media announcement this afternoon. "The family requests their privacy at this time. A media announcement with the family will follow at 5 pm today."

It was reported that the 52-year-old actor died of liver cirrhosis.

Mark Gil or Raphael Joseph de Mesa Eigenmann in real life is the son of Eddie Mesa and Rosemarie Gil.  He is the brother of actors Michael de Mesa and Cherie Gil. He is the father of Gabby Eigenmann and Ira Eigenmann, whose mother is actress Irene Celebre. Sid Lucero Eigenmann and Maxene Eigenmann are his children from actress Bing Pimentel. He also has a daughter, young star Andi Eigenmann with actress Jaclyn Jose. He has been married since 1996 to Maricar Jacinto-Eigenmann.

Gil rose to fame for his role in the movie “AKO, Batch '81” as Sid Lucero, a college student who witnessed the abuse and torture of seven students by members of a college fraternity during the Marcos regime. His other movies include “Underage,” “Indio,” “Miss X” and “Palabra de Honor,” among others.

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