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<p>Elmo Magalona and Janella Salvador joined mourners at Isabel Granada&#x27;s wake held at a chapel in San Juan City on Thursday night.</p><p>Funeral flowers flanked the actress&#x27; rosewood coffin, while a huge screen displayed photos of her, as seen in the snaps taken by ABS-CBN News&#x27; MJ Felipe. </p><p>Magalona and Salvador worked with Granada for a TV special.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JUST IN: Isabel Granada is now here at Sanctuario de SanJose chapel in Greenhills. Ex husband Jericho Aguas is here together with family friends, Bianca Lapus, Janella Salvador and Elmo Magalona. <a href="https://t.co/Dh1dZNK1Q3">pic.twitter.com/Dh1dZNK1Q3</a></p>— MJ Felipe (@mjfelipe) <a href="https://twitter.com/mjfelipe/status/928610843855437824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Bianca Lapus, Granada&#x27;s close friend who organized the wake, was also pictured alongside her family, including Granada&#x27;s ex-husband, Jericho Aguas. </p><p>The scheduled four-day wake will be opened to the public starting Friday. </p><p>Granada, 41, was <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/05/17/isabel-granada-passes-away-at-41">pronounced dead</a> Saturday after she fell into a coma during a meet-and-greet session with fans in Doha. The condition that led to her collapse was described as a brain hemorrhage indicating aneurysm, which in turn affected her heart.</p><p>The actress first shot to fame as a child and teen star in the 1980s. She began her career as part of the iconic talent and variety show, &quot;That&#x27;s Entertainment.&quot; </p><p>She is survived by her husband, Arnel Cowley, and her stepdaughters, Sarah and Abbey. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Arnel Cowley, Isabel’s husband, arrives and couldnt hold back his tears as he describes Isabel. Arnel also thanked all Isabel’s friends for all the help. <a href="https://t.co/V7vrwmHgZI">pic.twitter.com/V7vrwmHgZI</a></p>— MJ Felipe (@mjfelipe) <a href="https://twitter.com/mjfelipe/status/928451147374903296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>In an interview with reporters Thursday morning, Cowley said: &quot;<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/09/17/husband-weeps-as-isabel-granadas-remains-arrive-in-manila">I don&#x27;t know what I&#x27;m going to do</a>&quot; following Granada&#x27;s death.</p><p>&quot;We did things together, we traveled together . . . Now that she&#x27;s gone, I really don&#x27;t know what I&#x27;m going to do,&quot; he said. </p><p>&quot;Pero somehow I&#x27;m going to try to push through. She was a loving wife, a caring person. She&#x27;s always giving time to people and she&#x27;s just a people&#x27;s person. Very loving.&quot;</p>

<p>Elmo Magalona and Janella Salvador joined mourners at Isabel Granada's wake held at a chapel in San Juan City on Thursday night.</p>

Elmo Magalona and Janella Salvador joined mourners at Isabel Granada's wake held at a chapel in San Juan City on Thursday night.