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Posted at 01/24/2013
11:35 AM | Updated as of 01/24/2013 1:20 PM
MANILA,
Philippines (UPDATE) – Pepe Pimentel, the host of the defunct hit game show
"Kuarta o Kahon," was found unconscious inside his house's bathroom
on Thursday morning.
Carlos
Reyes, a barangay official who was one of the first to respond to the incident,
said the 83-year-old Pimentel collapsed while inside the bathroom past 10 a.m.
Reyes
said Pimentel had no more pulse and his lips were already purple in color.
However, he said no one among them could conclude whether the game show host
was already dead.
"It
looks like inatake siya while inside the bathroom, nabagok ang ulo niya,"
Reyes told dzMM.
Another
doctor and neighbor, a certain Dr. Montaño, said Pimentel seemed to have
"expired" but would not go as far as to declare that the elderly man
was indeed dead.
"Rough
assessment ko po iyon. Maganda po ay madala na po sa ospital," Montaño
said.
"Malamig
na rin [ang katawan] at wala na rin pulse. Wala na rin breathing at may dugo sa
likuran ng ulo."
As of
posting, Pimentel was still in his residence along Scout Tuazon in Barangay
Laging Handa.
Pimentel
was only living with his elderly wife Cecilia, young grandson James, and some
maids.
A report
by radio dzMM's Johnson Manabat quoted James as saying that they initially had
no idea what to do and had to seek the help of neighbors.
"May
nag-respondeng kapitbahay kaya lang iyung decision kung papaano ang gagawin,
wala silang makuhang katulong na magdadala kay Tito Pepe," Manabat said.
"Iyung
CR na kinalalagyan ni Tito Pepe ay nandoon sa loob ng kwarto sa kanang bahagi
ng tahanan. Nakatihaya si Tito Pepe. Nilagyan na lang ng unan ni kagawad. Pero
yung dugo eh nandon pa rin sa ulo ni Tito Pepe." - report from Johnson Manabat, dzMM
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