Her granddaughter, Amor, is the wife of Boy Quizon, the son of
Philippine comedy king 'Dolphy', the son-in-law that she loved to nag
in the TV and movie series John and Marsha.
At age 85 in 1999, she was diagnosed to have gallstones. But doctors
refused to operate fearing that she might not recover from the
operation. She was hospitalized in 1997 for pneumonia.
Could no longer walk since 2002, two years before her death.
Daughter of painter and composer Amado Fernando and singer Carmen
Marquez.