ABS-CBN Headlines - The Death of Rico Yan - April 01, 2002

Rico Yan (Tagalog: [jan]; born Ricardo Carlos Castro Yan; March 14, 1975 – March 29, 2002) was a Filipino matinee idol, model, film and television actor, host, spokesperson and entrepreneur.

Yan graduated from De La Salle University in 1997 with a degree in Marketing Management. He was the first official youth spokesman for the Department of Education Culture and Sports in 1998, touring the Philippines for free to promote education among youths. As well as establishing Pinoy Yan Movement, a non-profit organization that aims to make young people stay in school and value education, Yan assisted the Are You a Forest King? Foundation, visiting many schools to promote the importance of tree growth and was associated in various foundations and initiatives that furthered the interests of the youth and leadership formation and studies, among them are the One Dream Foundation, the Blue Eagle Foundation for Sports Development, the Blue Eagle/KIDS/ODF Leadership, Athletic and Spiritual Summer Training, the Youth Study 2001 and the Leadership Research Center. Yan was also the first Philippine National Red Cross Pledge 25 spokesperson in 1999.
He was an alumnus of Star Circle Batch 1 now ABS-CBN Corporation's Star Magic in November 1995. He started as commercial model under Cosmopolitan Modeling Agency and then became an actor. He was discovered while falling in line in one of the fast foods on his school De La Salle University when a talent scout asked him if he wanted to be a commercial model. Though surprised, Yan auditioned and got the part of his first television commercial debut in 1995.
His preppy rich persona was used to effect in subsequent films such as Radio Romance, Ama, Ina, Anak and Madrasta. After several television and movie parts, Yan became a household name when he played Ricky Salveron in Gimik (1996) and Gabriel Maglayon in Mula Sa Puso (1997). He had then spawned highly rated television shows amongst these are Mara Clara (1996), 'Sang Linggo nAPO Sila (1996), Saan Ka Man Naroroon (1999), Magandang Tanghali Bayan (2001) and Whattamen (2001). Yan's remarkable films on Star Cinema add Paano Ang Puso Ko? (1997), Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay (1998), Dahil Mahal na Mahal Kita (1998), Gimik: The Reunion (1999), Mula sa Puso: The Movie (1999) and Got 2 Believe (2002). In 2014, Star Cinema ranked him the No. 5 in the List of "The Kings of Star Cinema", twelve years after his death. Yan starred in commercially successful television and films with pairings opposite Judy Ann Santos and Claudine Barretto.
Yan was also a successful strategist entrepreneur and owned several businesses, including Orbitz Pearl Shakes, Java Hut, Buddy Burger, Timbuktu Cafe and Tequila Joe Grill and Restaurants.
Yan had a column on Manila Bulletin titled "C'est la Vie".

On March 29, 2002, Yan was found dead inside his hotel room by his friend, actor Dominic Ochoa at the Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. He died of cardiac arrest due to acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis.

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[userBK]

8:12 - For those in Visayas and Mindanao. That music bed heard in ABS-CBN Headlines is used for opening for RMN Radio Drama, "Wats Da Stayl!", especially on the part where the VO says, "Kasilag Style!"

[khriz]

I was 9 years old when this happened.. Grabe ang bilis ng panahon

[userBK]

1:16 - FYI: The music bed for Headline Story Bumper is currently used in GMA Regional TV One Mindanao for "Coronavirus Pandemic" bumper, as well as theme music for COVID-19 reports in Mindanao.

[KB-imdj]

He is one of the Pinoy's to be joining the 27 Club alongside Thuy Trang, Anton Yelchin and more.

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[aniccaanatta]

Everything passes away.. be at peace with this moment 😘😘😘

[theluckysheep.]

Rico maybe still alive when they put him in the funeral. There are cases sometimes a body can stop pulse rate and heartbeat but still wake up after many hours

[rowellalcantara]

Bilis ng panahon grade 2 pa alng ako niyan

[SheckleRFan]

If this was 2020 Rico would've tested positive for Covid19