Ex-comedienne Zorayda Sanchez passed away

Veteran actress-comedienne and popular comic icon in the 1980s, Zorayda Sanchez passed away Wednesday at the age of 57 due to breast cancer. Zorayda Sanchez, was also a television and film scriptwriter, a stage actress and university. She became a mainstay in the popular TV gag show in the 80's entitled "Goin Bananas", with Christopher de Leon, Jay Ilagan, Johnny Delgado and Al Tantay.

Zorayda Sanchez starred in the following films: "Feel na feel" (1990); "Hotdog" (1990); Tiyanak (1988); Petrang Kabayo at ang Pilyang Kuting (1988); "Bakit kinagat ni Adan ang mansanas ni Eba" (1988); Ready, Aim, Fire (1987); Takot ako eh! (1987); Working Girls 2 (1987); and Bagets (1984).