Sue Prado's family reveals her cause of death
The cause of death of actress Sue Prado has been disclosed by her family.
During the local star's urn viewing at Loyola Memorial Chapels & Crematorium, Quezon City last week, her eldest sister Guia Antonette Mera pointed to cardiac arrest as the cause of Prado's death.
“Wala akong alam na iniinda niya pero alam naman natin, kapagka sakit sa puso, napakatraydor eh. Ito 'yung napaka-fatal siguro,” Mera told entertainment outlet PEP.ph.
When asked for more details about Prado's death, Mera shared that they don't know the exact time of her passing.
“Tinatawagan siya; hindi siya nakokontak. Tapos pinuntahan siya ni Neil [Daza]. Ayun na,” she said.
Mera opened up on how difficult it was to break the news to their mother. “Sabi ko, ‘Mahal na mahal kita.’ Sabi nung kapatid ko, ‘Ma, wala na si Sue.’ ‘Ano?!’ ‘Wala na si Sue.’ ‘Bakit?! Bakit?!’ Mera detailed. “Tapos pinupukpok niya yung dibdib niya. Tapos nagpakuwento na, nagpakuwento na."
Per Mera, Prado's passing hit their mother the hardest.
"Ay! Ayan, ikot nang ikot, pero mamaya, babagsak ang ano niyan. Mamaya, maaalala niya. Pinababayaan namin," she shared. “Pero alam mo kasi yung hindi niya naiiyak. Walang luha. Parang katulad ko, hindi naluluha."
"Tapos sabi niya, ‘Alam ko, matutulog lang ako. Ngayong oras na ito, matutulog ulit ako. Paggising ko, andiyan siya," Mera continued. "Pero sabi namin, ‘Ma, wala na talaga.’ ‘Naniniwala ba kayo? Naniniwala ka ba? Anong nangyari?’"
Prado died at the age of 44 on Thursday, April 16, as revealed by her sister May Shereen Prado.
Prado appeared in several indie films and on mainstream TV. Some of her notable roles were in Oro, Barber's Tales, Thelma, Dagsin, and Your Mother's Son, for which she earned a Best Actress nomination at the 8th EDDYs Awards.
Her latest acting work includes Mano Po Legacy: The Flower Sisters, My Father's Wife, select episodes on FPJ's Ang Probinsyano, and the film Desperada.
