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Boy Abunda's mother passes away at 90

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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/12/02/boy-lesing.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Licerna &quot;Lesing&quot; Romerica Abunda, the mother of veteran host Boy Abunda, has passed away. She was 90 years old.<br/> <br/>The host&#x27;s sister, Eastern Samar congresswoman Maria Fe Abunda, confirmed the news in a Facebook post on Monday.</p><p>According to the post written in Waray, Mrs. Abunda died on Sunday, December 1. </p><p>A funeral mass will be held at Arlington Memorial Chapels in Quezon City starting Monday, December 2.</p><p>Mrs. Abunda was a teacher and was elected councilor in Borongan for three terms from 1995 to 2004. She also won as vice mayor in 2004.</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/baysayeasternsamar/photos/a.982324678634805/1216032471930690/?type=3&amp;theater" data-width="auto"> </div><p>In an interview for the special episode of &quot;Tonight With Boy Abunda&quot; last October, Abunda turned <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/31/18/forever-grateful-boy-abunda-in-tears-over-question-about-mom">emotional</a> as he talked about his mother, who had dementia.</p><p>He said he will always be forever grateful to his mom, who always believed in him. </p><p>In an episode of &quot;The Bottomline&quot; last October for his birthday celebration, Abunda confirmed that his mother, whom he described as the center of his life, had been in the hospital for weeks.</p><p>&quot;She&#x27;s the center of my life and I hope she&#x27;s not suffering. &#x27;Yun lang naman ang gusto ko sa nanay. She&#x27;s turning 91 in January, huwag lang masaktan,&quot; Abunda said at the time.</p><p>&quot;I am grateful in both joy and pain. Grateful because kahit nasasaktan ako, I&#x27;m being given the chance by God to be the best mother to my mother and I&#x27;m being able to say thank you to her,&quot; Abunda added.</p><p>&quot;I will be honest, I don&#x27;t know I&#x27;m going to live my life without the presence of my mother. Pero katulad ng maraming sugal sa buhay ko, susuungin ko, because that&#x27;s the only way,&quot; he said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YOJJTT2JQAs?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></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>Licerna "Lesing" Romerica Abunda, the mother of veteran host Boy Abunda, has passed away. She was 90 years old.</p>

Licerna "Lesing" Romerica Abunda, the mother of veteran host Boy Abunda, has passed away. She was 90 years old.