Jesus Velez Cruz (; December 24, 1947 – October 3, 2001), better known by his stage name Ricky Belmonte, was a
Filipino actor, popular during the 1960s as one of Sampaguita Pictures' talents.
Personal life
Belmonte was born as Jesus Velez Cruz on December 24, 1947 in
Tondo,
Manila
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to Cesar Cruz, Sr. and Milagros Velez. His screen surname was taken from the Belmontes, STAR magazine publishers who, in the 1960s, used to publish several movie magazines like Movie World, Movie Land, Movie Star, among others.
Family
He was survived by his three children - Renzo,
Sheryl, and Patrick - by his marriage to actress
Rosemarie Sonora from 1970 to 1986.
Filmography
Movies
Television
Death
He died on October 3, 2001, in a hospital at Medical Center Parañaque in
Parañaque
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, four days after
cerebral hemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as hemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain (i.e. the parenchyma), into its ventricles, or into both. An ICH is a type of bleeding within the skull and one kind of stro ...
caused by a massive stroke, he was 53 and was buried at the
La Loma Cemetery in
Caloocan
Caloocan, officially the City of Caloocan (; ), is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 1,661,584 people making it the fourth-most populous city in the Philippines.
Caloo ...
.
External links
IMDb/bio
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1947 births
2001 deaths
Ricky
Filipino male film actors
Male actors from Manila
People from Tondo, Manila