Veteran comedienne, singer and actress Elizabeth Ramsey
passes away in her sleep at 83 due to hyperglycemia (an abnormally high blood
sugar usually associated with diabetes).
Her only daughter by her second husband, Jaya Ramsey (now
Jaya Ramsey Gotidoc, after marrying her
second husband Gary Gotidoc) , said in her Facebook post: “Mama Beth is now
with our Lord... 83 years has been full. Love and laughter, she has given not
just our family but the whole nation. Thank you for your love and prayers and I
rejoice because she passes in her sleep. In peace.”
Elizabeth Ramsey is known for her trademark Visayan-accented
dialogues, which she performed in English or Tagalog. She is regarded as the country's "Queen
of Rock and Roll" and "Original Queen of Comedy". She rose to
fame in 1958 after winning a singing contest in Student Canteen, the first
noontime show on Philippine television.
Elizabeth Ramsey as an actress, is known for Ang Bukas ay Akin! (1963), Areglado, Boss (1970) and SPO1 Don Juan: Da Dancing Policeman
(1996).
Ramsey was born on December 3, 1931 in San Carlos City,
Negros Occidental. Her father was Arturo C. Ramsey, a Jamaican marine based in
the Philippines, while her mother was a Filipina of Spanish
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| Elizabeth & Jaya |
descent, Marcelina
Rivera Indino.
She has 3 children with her first husband, who was of
Jamaican heritage. After his death, Ramsey met Ray Kagahastian, a Filipino,
with whom she has one daughter, Maria Luisa "Jaya" Ramsey
(born in
1969), before separating.
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