This November, as I do every November, I remember dear artists, writers, and publishers whose lives I shared all too briefly:
Marilou Diaz Abaya, Felicito Abiva, Temistocles Adlawan, Shirley Advincula, Carol Afan, Nick Agudo, Rudy Alano, Wilfredo Alberca, Asuncion Albert, Odette Alcantara, Edilberto Alegre, Reynaldo Alejandro, Estrella Alfon, Zeneida Amador, Lilia Pablo Amansec, Ang Kiukok, Carlos Angeles, Pacifico Aprieto, Corazon Aquino, Jerusalino Araos, Emerenciana Arcellana, Francisco Arcellana, Liwayway Arceo, Sandra Arroyo, Monico Atienza, Jose Mari Avellana, Lamberto Avellana, Jose Ayala,
Inday Badiday, Concesa Baduel, Filemon Balbastro Jr., Gopal Baratham, Corinta Barranco, Nazario Bas, Brigido Batungbakal, Manuel Principe Bautista, Betty Go-Belmonte, Luis Beltran, Teodoro Benigno, Trinidad Benito, Ishmael Bernal, Salvador Bernal, Benjamin Bernales, Mike Bigornia, Nida Blanca, Mario Bolasco, Raul Bonoan SJ, Maria Borger, Art Borjal, Santi Bose, Lino Brocka, Jose Buhain,
Aurelio Calderon, Jeremias Calixto, Giovanni Calvo, Eloisa Canlas, George Canseco, Guadalupe Carbonell, Ledivina Cariño, Celso Carunungan, Gabriel Casal, Alex Casambre, Angelo Castro Jr., Levi Celerio, Claro Ceniza, Behn Cervantes, Frank Chavez, Renato Constantino, Onofre Corpuz, Adrian Cristobal, Andres Cristobal Cruz, Isagani A. Cruz, Jesus Cruz, Jose Cruz SJ, Patricia Melendrez-Cruz,
Concepcion Dadufalza, Edilberto Dagot, Petronilo Daroy, Celso Ad. Castillo, Joy de Castro, Pio De Castro III, Horacio de la Costa, Adul de Leon, Benjamin Defensor, Johnny Delgado, Ricaredo Demetillo, Francisco Demetrio, Eduardo Deveza, Pacquito Diaz, Fe Dizon, Pearl Doromal, Maria Luisa Doronila, Martin Drury, Antonio Dulalia, Reynaldo Duque,
Antony Easthope, Jean Edades, Anacleta Encarnacion, Emigdio Enriquez, Virgilio Enriquez, S. V. Epistola, Don Escudero, Tony Espejo, Merito Espinas, Federico Licsi Espino, Clemencia Espiritu, Aurelio Estanislao, Ariston Estrada, Frankie Evangelista, Winnie Evangelista,
Pacita Fernandez, Rudy Fernandez, Susan Fernandez, Wili Fernandez, Marcelino Foronda, Henry Francia, Hilario Francia Jr., Juan Francisco,
Lamberto Gabriel, Carolina Garcia, Maita Gomez, Pablo Gomez, Rita Gomez, NVM Gonzalez, Salvador Gonzalez, Leonor Orosa-Goquingco, Joey Gosengfiao, Sidney Greenbaum, Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero, Jean-Pierre Guingané,
Luisa Mallari-Hall, Atang de la Rama Hernandez, Ricardo Herrero, Antonio Hidalgo, Sid Gomez Hildawa, Eduardo Hontiveros SJ, Alejandrino Hufana, Dominador Ilio, J. Eddie Infante, Elmar Ingles, Nick Joaquin, Estelita Juco, Ogie Juliano, Lucrecia Kasilag, Maria Kalaw Katigbak,
Emmanuel Lacaba, Vilma Labrador, Amado Lacuesta Jr., Serafin Lanot, Jose Lansang Jr., Pura Kalaw Ledesma, Leandro Locsin, Raul Locsin, Salvador Lopez, Rogelio Lota, Ella Luansing, Mochtar Lubis,
Jose Maceda, Fidela Mendoza-Magpayo, Cesar Majul, Armando Malay, Frank Mallo, Vicente Manansala, Raul Manglapus, E. Arsenio Manuel, Antonio Manuud, Bert Marcelo, Nonoy Marcelo, Josefina Mariano, Epifanio Matute, Genoveva Edroza Matute, Isagani Medina, Felicidad Mendoza, Roberto Mendoza, Eddie Mercado, Helen Meriz, Maningning Miclat, Graham Millington, Carminia Miraflor, Dominador Mirasol, Lina Espina Moore, Alfredo Morales, Santiago Mulato, Tita Muñoz,
James Na, Orlando Nadres, Julie Fe Navarro, Clovis Nazareno, Ana Maria Escalante-Neri, Antonio Nieva, Evaristo Nievera, Valerio Nofuente, Wilfrido Nolledo, Bienvenido Noriega Jr., Alfeo Nudas SJ,
Ramon Obusan, Mario O’Hara, Onib Olmedo, Blas Ople, Elenita Ordoñez, Sedfrey Ordoñez, Jose Orosa, Franklin Osorio, Fe Otanes,
Ellen Paglinauan, Rey Paguio, Jose Villa Panganiban, Loreto Paras-Sulit, Emy Pascasio, Patricia Pascua, Benjamin M. Pascual, Benjamin P. Pascual, Bernardo Perez III OSB, Guillermo Pesigan, Manuel Pichel, Ponciano Pineda, Joaquin Po, Andy Poe, Fernando Poe Jr., Nina Estrada Puyat,
Douglas Quijano, Carlos Quirino, Jose Quirino, Purificacion Quisumbing, Rodolfo V. Quizon, Jess Ramos, Maria Clara Ravina, Cerge Remonde, James Reuter SJ, Edgardo Reyes, Felicitas Reyes, Godofredo Reyes, Evelyn Ribaya, Carolina Rionda, Pete Roa, Ruth Roa, Alejandro Roces, Raul Roco, Francisco Rodrigo, Raul Rodrigo, Eddie Romero, Richard Rorty, Mario Rosal, Ma. Teresa Escoda Roxas, Ben Rubio,
Bonifacio Salamanca, Letty Salanga, Dionisio Salazar, Oscar Salazar, Leopoldo Salcedo, Rachel San Miguel, Lucio San Pedro, Romulo Sandoval, Josefa Saniel, Cirio Santiago, Bienvenido N. Santos, Vito Santos, William Henry Scott, Raman Selden, Anthony Serrano, Jesus Sibal, Bonifacio Sibayan, Rogelio Sicat, Chat Silayan, Vic Silayan, Lourdes Estela Simbulan, Charito Solis, Max Soliven, Agustin Sotto, Felixberto Sta. Maria, Elpidio Sta. Romana, Osmundo Sta. Romana, Ellen Stewart, Trinidad Tarrosa Subido, Conchita Sunico, Han Suyin,
Josefina Tabujara, Abby Tan, Milagros Tanlayco, Alfredo Tiamson, Edilberto Tiempo, Edith Tiempo, Rolando Tinio, Lito Tiongson, Mae Astrid Tobias, Romeo Togonon, Yolanda Tomeldan, Cesario Torres, Filonila Tupas, Kerima Polotan Tuvera, Azucena Uranza, Teodoro Valencia, Vic Vargas, Joven Velasco, Andrea Veneracion, Rey Ventura, Oscar Villadolid, Danny Villanueva, Rene Villanueva, Ruben Villote, Manuel Viray, Wilfredo Virtusio, Virgilio Vito, Yoshiko Wakayama, Mary Walter, Leopoldo Yabes, Isagani Yambot, Ernesto Superal Yee, and Winton Lou Ynion.
Please say a special prayer for my mother Pacita Ronquillo Cruz, in her youth a short story writer, and my father Ricardo Castillo Cruz, a scientist who loved to read.
My list of dear departed ones will continue next week. Too many of my friends have gone ahead before me to even be listed in only one column. May they and all your own dear departed ones rest in peace!