Elvira Villasanta — the star of the reality shows “Mommy Elvie’s Problematic Show” and “Mommy Elvie @ 18″ — died Friday after over a year of battling breast cancer. She was 84 years old.
A source close to the deceased told InterAksyon that her body was brought to the Arlington Memorial Chapels in Quezon City, but it will be moved to the Christ The King Church in Greenmeadows on Saturday. Public viewing will start on Sunday.
In a note on the Mommy Elvie Villasanta Facebook fan page, Aleah Aliporo-Eugenio, the writer-director of the “Mommy Elvie” reality shows, revealed that Mrs. Villasanta was admittted to the St. Luke’s Medical Center on January 30 and was scheduled for an operation on February 2.
The jolly mother of comedian Ariel Villasanta of the Maverick and Ariel comic duo revealed to the media that she had breast cancer in September 2011 during a press conference for the second season of “Mommy Elvie @ 18″ on GMA NewsTV.
Even as she was ailing, the show ran for a third and final season until summer last year.
In 2006, Mommy Elvie appeared in her son’s own comedy show on ABC5, “The Misadventures of Maverick and Ariel”, where she declared her dream to become famous before she turned 80.
She fulfilled that dream the following year when she starred in “Mommy Elvie’s Problematic Show”, which aired for 14 months on ABC5, the former name of TV5.
source: interaksyon.com
