Julie Vega

Hello friends, how's your day today? I was watching another story of "Maalaala Mo Kaya Classics." Does any one remember Julie Vega who plays one the popular soap opera in the Philippines "Annaliza", 3 decades ago? Well, I watched her story in “Maalaala Mo Kaya” and I was shocked to find out how she died. I was not the fan of Julie Vega but I remember her when I was a kid. I used to watch “Flordeluna” so I wasn’t familiar on “Annaliza.” Julie Vega was her screen name but her real name was Darling Juliepearl. She has 5 brothers and she was the youngest and only girl. Her mother was a Dentist. Julie was discovered by Talent Coordinator and she started as a model for commercial ad. From that on, producers and directors offered her more shows and movies for her talents. She became known as a superstar on soap opera. She made a lot of movies with famous celebrities like Fernando Poe Jr., Susan Roces, Vilma Santos and many more. She loved her oldest brother Joey and she was really close to him. One night, Joey and a group of friends went to hang out or gimik, when suddenly unknown men approached Joey and stabbed him for mistaken identity. He was not the target but he got stabbed straight to the heart and that’s the caused of his death instantly. Julie couldn’t believe what happened to his brother so she became stress, fatigue and lonely and still continued to act in her soap opera until one day, she felt numb and can’t feel anything all over her body. They took her to the hospital and the doctor couldn’t find what’s wrong with her. After a week of staying in a hospital, she gained her strength and thought that every thing was back to normal so she started to act again. She made her first single hit “Somewhere in my Past” that she dedicated to her lost brother. One morning, she couldn’t get up because she can’t fell anything and felt paralyzed. She was rushed to the hospital and this time, they found some kind of disease that she won’t feel anything and the worst part was she could be paralyzed for life and there is no cure for it. It got worst when she had bronchitis pneumonia. Julie and her family hid the secrets about her disease until she stopped acting and lost her life. It’s all over the news and some speculations that she died in “Kulam or Voo Doo” or eating disorder. It was hard for Vega family losing a son for identity mistaken and here’s another tragedy losing their only talented girl, Julie.

I have some photos to share with you and I took it from my own TV screen to help you remembering Julie Vega.

You have a nice day…..