On 4 August 2009 , Ferdinand " Bongbong " Marcos , Jr. , and Imee Marcos — children of the late former President Ferdinand Marcos — paid their last respects to Aquino despite the two families ' fierce political rivalry ; the Aquinos have been blaming the late dictator for the assassination of Ninoy Aquino Jr. in 1983 . The Marcos siblings were received by Aquino 's daughters María Elena , Aurora Corazon , and Victoria Elisa . Early the next day , President Arroyo , who had cut short her trip in the United States , briefly paid her last respects to her erstwhile ally President Aquino
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Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.
Corazon Aquino