Pumanaw nitong Lunes ang dating movie producer na si Maria Azucena "Manay Ichu" Vera-Perez Maceda sa edad na 77.

Iniulat ang malungkot na balita sa Twitter post ng DzBB Super Radyo, at ayon kay GMA News anchor Arnold Clavio ay kinumpirma naman anak ni Manay Ichu na si Erwin Maceda.

Kilala at iginagalang sa mundo ng film industry si Manay Ichu,  na anak ng dating producer ng Sampaguita Pictures na si Jose Vera-Perez.

 

 

Kabilang si Manay Ichu sa mga nasa likod ng pagtatag ng ilang Philippine cinema organizations tulad ng Movie Workers Welfare Foundation (Mowelfund), Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP), Philippine Motion Pictures Producers Association, Experimental Cinema of the Philippines, Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), Philippine Motion Pictures Producers Association (PMPPA), at Experimental Cinema of the Philippines (ECP).

Ayon sa Mowelfund, "Manay Ichu literally grew up with movies already at her sight having witnessed how films were created as she played at Sampaguita Compound, where most Sampaguita films took place."

Ilan sa mga markadong pelikula na nai-produce ni Manay Ichu ay ang "Batch '81" at "Dysebel." --FRJ, GMA News