MANILA, Philippines — April Boy Regino, the multiplatinum-selling singer who achieved phenomenal success and earned the moniker “Jukebox Idol” in the 1990s, died on Sunday at the Metro Antipolo Hospital and Medical Center in Rizal province. He was 59.
In a Facebook post, Regino’s wife, Madelyn, disclosed that her husband succumbed to acute respiratory failure and had been dealing with stage 5 chronic kidney disease.
“No more pain for you, Love. You said you still wanted to live because you wanted to be with me. Why did you leave me?” Madelyn wrote in Filipino.
The Inquirer sought Madelyn for a statement but had not received a response as of this writing.
Born Dennis Regino …
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