Veteran actress Matutina passes away at 78

Veteran actress and comedian Matutina has passed away. She was 78 years old.

The sad news was confirmed to GMA News Online by her daughter, Shiela Guerrero.

“My mom passed away this morning,” she said via Facebook messenger February 14.

Guerrero supplied Matutina's medical certificate, which identified Acute Respiratory Failure due to Volume Fluid Overload as the comedian's immediate cause of death, with an antecedent cause of Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease due to Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis.

Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease was written as the underlying cause of death.

Born Evelyn Bontogon-Guerrero on July 10, 1946, Matutina played the role of Donya Delilah’s helper in the 1970s series “John en Marsha,” which starred Dolphy and Nida Blanca.

— Carby Rose Basina/CDC, GMA Integrated News