Susan Fuentes

Susan Fuentes (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈfwɛntɛs]; 1 November 1954 – 7 September 2013) was a Filipino singer known as the "Queen of Visayan Songs".

She gained crossover success in the Tagalog, Ilocano, Hiligaynon and Visayan music market with the famed Awitong Bahandi and Mga Awiting Walang Kupas.

During this period, Fuentes went through personal struggles with her life as she battled drug addiction and heavy smoking that would eventually lead to her partner taking her children away from her.

She performed with Pilita Corrales in Cebu, with Dulce in Bohol and made a guest appearance at Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman on June 19.

Among the performers were Manilyn Reynes, The CompanY, Gary Granada, Nonoy Zuñiga, Aiza Seguerra, Jose Mari Chan, Marco Sison, Jett Pangan, Isay Alvarez, and Frencheska Farr.

At her final televised appearance on Magpakailanman in March 2013, she told Mel Tiangco of how much she wanted to live so that she could see her children again and get to know them better following years of estrangement.

[9][10] The JRG Halad Foundation hosted a tribute for Fuentes and the late Cebuano Maestro Mil Villareal, who also died in the same month, on September 30.