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WATCH: Rico J. Puno's last concert performance

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<p>MANILA -- Fans and celebrities are mourning the death of OPM legend Rico J. Puno, who died on Tuesday due to cardiac arrest.</p><p>Just last October 4, Puno was part of the &quot;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/04/18/18/aliw-awards-mark-40th-anniversary-with-concert" target="_blank">Aliw@40</a>: The Ruby Anniversary Concert&quot; along with other veteran singers including Pilita Corrales, Imelda Papin and Hajji Alejandro, where they performed the Florante classic &quot;Handog.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Salamat sa inyo,&quot; Puno told the audience.</p><p>A video of the performance was uploaded on YouTube by user romadivah.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LBfLuGRUbcM?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>&quot;We are saddened by the passing of our talented performer/artist Mr. Rico J. Puno. His last concert was Aliw@40 Anniversary Concert and it&#x27;s our pleasure he arrived even though we knew he just came from his medication. We will miss him so much,&quot; the Aliw Awards/Tag Media Group said in a statement.</p><p>&quot;Aliw mourns the loss of a giant in Philippine live entertainment. Rico was a dear friend whose passing has created a void that can never be filled. My deepest condolences to his family,&quot; Aliw president Alice Reyes said in the statement.</p><p>Born Enrico de Jesus Puno, the music legend was known for his hits like &quot;May Bukas Pa,&quot; &quot;Kapalaran,&quot; &quot;Lupa,&quot; &quot;Macho Gwapito,&quot; &quot;Sorry Na Pwede Ba&quot; and others.</p><p>Puno&#x27;s daughter Tosca told ABS-CBN News that her father was in high spirits last night and was looking forward to his shows and ABS-CBN Station ID shoot.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Rico J Puno passed on at 1:56 am Oct30 at StLuke Taguig after heart failure. Daughter Tosca relates he was still in high spirits last night and looking forward to his shows n abscbnstation id shoot. Family appeals for private time at wake tonight <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@abscbnnews</a> <a href="https://t.co/d4QlNnInBP">pic.twitter.com/d4QlNnInBP</a></p>— Mario Dumaual (@mariovdumaual) <a href="https://twitter.com/mariovdumaual/status/1057063114959536128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>His family appeals for private time at wake on Tuesday night. -- <strong>With report from Mario Dumaul, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>Just last October 4, Puno was part of the "Aliw@40: The Ruby Anniversary Concert" along with other veteran singers including Pilita Corrales, Imelda Papin and Hajji Alejandro.</p>

Just last October 4, Puno was part of the "Aliw@40: The Ruby Anniversary Concert" along with other veteran singers including Pilita Corrales, Imelda Papin and Hajji Alejandro.