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Best Actress nominee Jaclyn Jose arrives for the 40th Gawad Urian at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center on July 20, 2017. Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News/File.

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MJ Felipe

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/20170720-gawad-urian-GCS-5352.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Best Actress nominee Jaclyn Jose arrives for the 40th Gawad Urian at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center on July 20, 2017. Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News/File."/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Best Actress nominee Jaclyn Jose arrives for the 40th Gawad Urian at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center on July 20, 2017. <em><strong>Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News/File.</strong></em></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Award-winning actress Jaclyn Jose passed away on Saturday, March 2. She was 60. </span>  </span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt">Senator Jinggoy Estrada, a friend and colleague of Jose, confirmed the development to ABS-CBN News.</p><p>Jose, whose real name was Mary Jane Guck, died in her residence in Quezon City. Based on initial information gathered by ABS-CBN News, Jose had not been replying to messages and calls from her relatives.</p><p>This prompted them to have someone check on her, and she was found lifeless in her home.</p><p>Her management, PPL Entertainment Inc., later confirmed Jose&#x27;s death and said that &quot;more details will be shared as soon as they are available.&quot;</p><p>&quot;The Guck and Eigenmann families are requesting for everyone to please pray for the eternal repose of Miss Jaclyn Jose and for them to be allowed the respect and privacy to mourn her passing, and navigate these difficult times,&quot; PPL Entertainment said in its social media posts.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C4DumDSx1gn/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A4949033.599999905%2C%22ls%22%3A4948302.700000048%2C%22le%22%3A4948940%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="746" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jose, who started acting in the 1980s, was playing the role of prison warden Dolores Espinas on &quot;FPJ&#x27;s Batang Quiapo&quot; at the time of her death.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jose memorably won the Best Actress award in the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for her role in &quot;Ma&#x27;Rosa.&quot; In the local scene, Jose received acting accolades from Gawad Urian, Famas, Luna Awards and other award-giving bodies. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">She earned a FAMAS nomination in 1984 for her debut on &quot;Private Show,&quot; and a Gawad Urian for Lino Brocka&#x27;s 1985 film &quot;White Slavery.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On television, her portrayal of Magda in the series &quot;Mula sa Puso&quot; took her popularity to new heights. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ABS-CBN News is waiting for the family statement. -- <strong>With Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News.</strong></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/3/4/-a-true-icon-celebrities-mourn-passing-of-jaclyn-jose-924">&#x27;A true icon&#x27;: Celebrities mourn passing of Jaclyn Jose</a></strong></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PcojY2vjYnY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Award-winning actress Jaclyn Jose passed away on Saturday, March 2. She was 60. </p>

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Actress Jaclyn Jose has passed away

MJ Felipe,

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Published March 04, 2024 12:31 AM PHT

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Updated March 04, 2024 02:22 PM PHT

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