Eddie died on June 20, 2019. His death was confirmed by family friend Bibeth Orteza and spokesperson Tony Rebosa. His death comes after he had fallen into a coma after suffering an accident on the set of his new TV show, Rosang Agimat.
On June 9, he was rushed to the hospital in Tondo, Manila after he fell over a wire that was blocking his way and collapsed. The next day he remained unconscious and was transferred to an intensive care unit.
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The initial reports said he suffered a heart attack on the set, but it was later discovered that he had suffered a neck fracture, possibly due to his fall.
Prior to Eddie’s death, Lilibeth Lagman Romero did an interview with The Manila Times where she revealed that she wouldn’t be pulling Eddie out of life support despite the doctors warning that his organs could fail “one by one.”
“In the four days since I transferred Eddie here from Mary Johnston Hospital [in Tondo] where he was taken after the incident, his team of doctors has explained to me every day how with minimal brain function, his organs will begin to fail one by one.
But for one reason or another, his heart remains very strong and he’s still fighting — that’s why I want him to go when he wants to go and never thought once of pulling him off life support.”
She also revealed that if Eddie was to wake up he would be paralyzed from neck down.
“But even if he wakes up and let’s say his heart and kidneys continue to function, he will be paralyzed from the neck down according to the doctors. His neck snapped from the fall when his head hit the pavement.”
She also revealed that she has asked the doctors when Garcia would die but they told her that only God knew.
“So again, why would I sign any papers [to pull him off life support] when no one knows that di’ba? That’s just my own logic. I mean I’m ready but still, the feeling is you don’t want him to go. Sabi ko naman, I’ve never left the hospital since we got here and I’ll be here for him the whole time.
Because just like anybody in the family who’s sick, you stay beside him, you don’t go home. So I told the doctors when it comes to it… if it comes to it… they can just call me from up here [in the hospital room] if I’m not at the ICU and I’ll make the decision then.”
