SUSAN ROCES DIES AT 80

 Senator Grace Poe took to Instagram to share a heartbreaking news about veteran actress Susan Roces who passed away on Friday evening, May 20, 2022. She was 80 years old.

"With great sadness, we announce the loss of our beloved Jesusa Sonora Poe, whom many of you know as Susan Roces. She passed away peacefully on a Friday evening, May 20, 2022, surrounded by love and warmth, with her daughter Grace, her nephews Joseph and Jeffrey and many of her family and close friends.

"She lived life fully and gracefully. Remember her in her beauty, warmth and kindness. She is now with the Lord and her beloved Ronnie — FPJ. 

"We will miss her sorely but we celebrate a life well lived. Susan Roces — daughter, mother, grandmother, a true Filipina and a national treasure," her post read.

Susan was the widow of late veteran actor Fernando Poe Jr. who has died in 2004. Grace Poe is their only daughter. 

 Susan first hit the Philippine movies in the 1950s as she became one of the most sought-after leading ladies of local cinema.