Former QC Mayor Mel Mathay, 81, dies on Christmas Day

ABS-CBNnews.com reports that 81-year-old former Quezon City Mayor Ismael "Mel" Mathay suffered of a heart attack on Wednesday, December 25 and was brought to The Medical City, where he died at around 9 a.m. that day. Mathay had served as QC mayor from 1992 to 2001.

According to the report, Mathay’s remains will be brought to Christ the King Parish in Greenmeadows, White Plains Subdivision. Mathay’s son, Ismael "Chuck" Mathay III is the father of actress Ara Mina.

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