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<figure class="op-social"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HoJ4Lq3QDyY" width="510"></iframe></figure><p>MANILA – ABS-CBN director Francis Pasion was found dead inside his apartment in Quezon City on Sunday afternoon.</p><p>In a report by DZMM’s Zandro Ochona, Pasion’s body was found lifeless by his relatives near the door of the comfort room inside his house.</p><p>His relatives said they usually get together every Sunday and they were wondering why Pasion wasn’t answering earlier that day.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:37.5% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BCmwkk5E730/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Nico Antonio (@nicoantonio0524)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-03-06T08:54:36+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Mar 6, 2016 at 12:54am PST</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>As of writing, the SOCO team of the Philippine National Police is already at Pasion’s apartment to determine if there was a foul play in his death. The team is also conducting an investigation as to Pasion’s cause of death.</p><p>Pasion was one of the directors of the phenomenal ABS-CBN series “On the Wings of Love,” which concluded just two weeks ago.</p><p>He was also the director of the award-winning independent films &quot;Jay&quot; and &quot;Bwaya&quot;</p><p>On Twitter, his fellow &quot;OTWOL&quot; director Antoinette Jadaone expressed her shock over the sad news.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Ang lalaking puro good vibes lang ang nasa katawan. Gone too soon. Direk Francis. :(</p>— Tonette, Tonette (@tonetjadaone) <a href="https://twitter.com/tonetjadaone/status/706421217255755777">March 6, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>

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ABS-CBN director Francis Pasion found dead

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Published March 06, 2016 06:24 PM PHT

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