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VETERAN actor and director Ricky Davao has passed away at the age of 63.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ricky\u2019s passing was confirmed in a social media post by his daughter Ara on Friday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIt is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, Ricky Davao. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by his children and loved ones, after bravely facing complications related to cancer,\u201d the post read.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cFor more than four decades, he dedicated his life to the craft of acting and directing. His remarkable body of work and award-winning performances have left a lasting legacy that will continue to inspire. Most of all he was a loving father, brother, son, and friend,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are deeply grateful for your prayers, love, and kind messages during this difficult time. Details about his memorial service will be shared soon,\u201d the daughter\u2019s post stated.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ricky would have turned 64 this May.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He starred in over a hundred movies, including “Oki Doki Doc: The Movie,” “Ang Lalaki sa Buhay ni Selya,” “Bayaning 3rd World,” and “Hibla,” to name a few<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He also won several Best Actor trophies for the 1998 movie “Saranggola” in Gawad Urian, Cinemanila International Film Festival, and Star Awards for Movies.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ricky married actress Jackie Lou Blanco in 1989 but the two separated later on.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n They have three kids together namely Kenneth, Rikki Mae and Ara.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" VETERAN actor and director Ricky Davao has passed away at the age of 63. Ricky’s passing was confirmed in a social media post by his<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13518,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13516\/revisions\/13518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}