{"id":217965,"date":"2019-06-08T10:49:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T14:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=217965"},"modified":"2019-06-08T10:49:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T14:49:16","slug":"veteran-actor-eddie-garcia-rushed-to-hospital-after-suffering-severe-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/08\/veteran-actor-eddie-garcia-rushed-to-hospital-after-suffering-severe-heart-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran actor Eddie Garcia rushed to hospital after suffering &#8216;severe heart attack&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fglaysa.apoya1%2Fposts%2F2928916970482492&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"650\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The entertainment industry was left in shock on Saturday, June 8, following reports that one of its stars, veteran actor Eddie Garcia, was brought to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a statement, the actor&#8217;s family said the actor suffered from a &#8220;severe heart attack&#8221; while he was filming an upcoming GMA television series in Manila this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;He is still under critical observation and all his doctors are doing their best to assure that he gets the best care,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Eddie, as shown in photos shared by netizen Glaysa Apoya on her Facebook account, was being carried by several men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some media personalities <b>\u2014 <\/b>like Vice Ganda, actresses<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Ruffa Guttierez, Alex Gonzaga, and Vivian Velez, as well as broadcast journalist Julius Babao <b>\u2014 <\/b>took to social media to ask for prayers for Eddie&#8217;s recovery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lord God we pray for Tito Eddie Garcia\u2019s wellness and safety. He will be healed. We claim in Jesus\u2019 name, Amen,&#8221; Vice Ganda said.<\/p>\n<p>Julius, meanwhile, wrote in his tweet, &#8220;Idol Eddie Garcia suffered a heart attack today and reportedly in a coma &amp; is in critical condition. Let\u2019s pray for this legendary actor. A true icon of the Philippine movie industry. <em>Kaya mo yan<\/em> (You can do it), Manoy! <em>Laban<\/em> (Fighting)!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Senator Sonny Angara also tweeted, &#8220;Praying for showbiz icon tito Eddie Garcia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Eddie&#8217;s family extended their &#8220;sincerest gratitude&#8221; to those who expressed their concerns and sent their prayers, and asked the public to &#8220;continue praying for Tito Eddie&#8217;s fast recovery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;At 90, he is still doing what he loves most, acting. He is a pillar of the industry and is very passionate about his craft,&#8221; the actor&#8217;s loved ones said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Being the multi-awarded actor that he is, Eddie and actor Tony Mabesa won the Best Actor Award at the 52nd Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival in Texas, United States (U.S.) last April for their roles in &#8220;Rainbow&#8217;s Sunset,&#8221; a 2018 LGBT-themed film directed by Joel Lamangan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The entertainment industry was left in shock on Saturday, June 8, following reports that one of its stars, veteran actor &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":217969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217965"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217970,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217965\/revisions\/217970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}