(b. 1962) April 6 – Max Alvarado, actor (b. 1929) April 21 – Diosdado Macapagal, former President of the Philippines (b. 1910) June 27 – Cesar Alzona, former author (b. 1926) July 3 – Chiquito, actor and comedian (b. 1932) July 7 – Rolando Tinio, filipino poet, dramatist, actor, essayist, and educator (b. 1937) August 21 – Evelyn Joy Militante, radio-TV newscaster (b. 1972) October 7 – Felicisimo Ampon, tennis player (b. 1920) October 11 – Dencio Padilla, actor and comedian (b. 1929) December 31 – Gerard Fainsan, singer, actor and member Universal Motion Dancers (b. 1974) Television References 1997 in Southeast Asia Philippines 1990s in the Philippines Years of the 20th century in the Philippines