“WITH great sadness, the Maceda Family announces the passing of our beloved Mother, Maria Azucena “Marichu” Vera-Perez Maceda. She succumbed to cardio respiratory failure on September 7, 2020. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her honor to MOWELFUND. We will honor her with a mass at 6:00 pm tonight in Arlington chapel A and cremate immediately. She will be inurned at Sampaguita chapel beginning tom 1:00-8:00 pm ‘til we finalize,” ito ang official statement mula sa Vera Perez/Maceda Family. Naulila niya ang mga anak na sina Emmanuel, Ernesto Jr., Erwin, Edmond, at Edward Maceda.
.Si Manay Ichu (tawag ng lahat) ay isa sa pillars ng Philippine Movie Industry dahil naging bahagi siya ng Movie Workers Welfare Foundation (Mowelfund), The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP), the Philippine Motion Pictures Producers Association, the Experimental Cinema of the Philippines at the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP).
Sabi nga literally ay sa showbiz industry lumaki si Manay Ichu bilang ang pamilya niya ang nagmamay-ari ng Sampaguita Pictures, ang pinakauna at malaking film production company sa Pilipinas na sa kalaunan ay naging film producer na rin.
Si Manay Ichu ang producer ng mga pelikulang Dyesebel at Batch 81.
Nakikiramay at nalungkot ng husto si Lipa City Congresswoman si Vilma Santos-Recto sa pagkawala ni Manay Ichu dahil isa siya sa malapit at ikawalang ina sa showbiz at pamilya ang trato sa kanya.
Post ni Congw Vilma sa kanyang FB page, “Rest in Peach Manay Ichu. I Love You Very Much.
Ang aming pakikiramay sa Vera Perez at Maceda Family mula sa pahayagang Balita.
-Reggee Bonoan