Sharon Cuneta’s impersonator Ate Shawee dies at age 45

Megastar Sharon Cuneta’s impersonator, Ate Shawee (Marvin Martinez in real life) has passed away at the age of 45.

Ate Shawee’s niece, Rafaela de Jesus confirmed the sad news on her Facebook account.

“Mula noon hanggang ngayon maganda ka pa din.. ❤️ Hindi ka mawala sa isip ko. 😭 hanggang sa muli nating pag kikita tita Shawee Martinez my second mother. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭” Rafaela wrote in one of her posts.

It an article written by Franchesca Viernes published in GMA News Online, Ate Shawee’s niece Ronnica Rollyn de Jesus shared via phone interview that Ate Shawee died at 1 pm due to liver cirrhosis “with complications”.

“Bigla nalang siya nag-stop huminga,” Ronnica shared.

Accorting to Ronnica, ate Shawee was discharged after a week from a hospital. However, ate Shawee was brought back again last Saturday.

“Hindi na siya pinayagan lumabas ng ospital kasi pababa na nang pababa [blood pressure] niya tapos hindi na siya nakakakilala, ’di na nakakapagsalita. Ang sabi ng doctor, do’n nalang hintayin na bawian siya ng buhay kasi kailangan pirmahan ’yung death certificate and ’yung time of death,” Ronnica said during his phone interview with GMA News Online.

(Photo source: Instagram – @ateshawee)