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'Maybe he did not really want to go': Eddie Garcia wanted 'another take,' says long-time partner

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/entertainment/06/21/0621lilibeth-(2).jpg"/><figcaption>Lilibeth Romero and Eddie Garcia. FILE/ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA — Lilibeth Romero, the long-time partner of Eddie Garcia, thanked the public for the outpouring of support following the death of the screen icon.&quot;I am grateful to everyone who offered prayers and supported us throughout this time. You gave us strength,&quot; Romero said in a statement to ABS-CBN News&#x27; Mario Dumaual on Friday.Referring to Garcia, Romero continued: &quot;For 12 days I did not leave him; maybe he did not really want to go because he wanted another take!&quot;Garcia, who died aged 90, had been in critical condition and comatose state for nearly two weeks after an on-set accident during a taping for a GMA-7 series that resulted in his severe cervical fracture.Garcia had been on life support, and on June 14 his family agreed to place him under DNR or &quot;do not resuscitate&quot; status, a week before his death.With a career spanning 70 years, Garcia had remained active in showbiz until his last days. He had just wrapped his three-year stint on ABS-CBN&#x27;s &quot;Ang Probinsyano&quot; when he took on the role in the GMA-7 series. In 2018, he starred in three movies.&quot;I&#x27;ll just be in the industry as long as it needs me. Siguro, kung hindi na ako kailangan, sayonara!&quot; he had said in a 2012 interview.Romero told ABS-CBN News that she plans to bring home Garcia&#x27;s ashes at the end of his wake on Sunday.

Lilibeth Romero, the long-time partner of Eddie Garcia, thanked the public for the outpouring of support following the death of the screen icon.

Lilibeth Romero, the long-time partner of Eddie Garcia, thanked the public for the outpouring of support following the death of the screen icon.