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Pinoy rock icon Joey 'Pepe' Smith dies

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/11/15/pepe.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Legendary Pinoy rock icon Joey &quot;Pepe&quot; Smith has passed away. He was 71.</p><p>The sad news was shared online by his daughter Daisy Smith-Owen on Monday morning.</p><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157151473317948" data-width="auto"> </div><p>&quot;Thank you for everything papa bear ko. Thank you for being the best dad in the world. I know you&#x27;re in the best place now, no more pains papa.. i will see you in few days. I love you to the moon and back,&quot; Smith-Owen wrote in her Facebook page.</p><p>Smith-Owen said Smith was rushed to the hospital early Monday. The musician suffered a stroke in November 2017 and also recently underwent eye operation.</p><p>Before his successful solo career, Smith was part of the iconic Juan dela Cruz band with Wally Gonzalez and Mike Hanopol.</p><p>&quot;Juan dela Cruz&quot; band is known for their hits &quot;Beep Beep,&quot; &quot;Balong Malalim,&quot; &quot;Titser&#x27;s Enemy No. 1,&quot; &quot;Himig Natin,&quot; &quot;No Touch&quot; and &quot;Kahit Anong Mangyari.&quot;</p><p>In an interview in December 2017, Smith said he would like to believe that his songs were his biggest legacy.</p><p>&quot;Yung mga kantang ginawa ko. Yung tinugtog ko at ng bandang Juan dela Cruz. Siyempre kapag pinakinggan nila yan, parang bumabalik sila doon. That&#x27;s the only connection to it,&quot; he said.</p>