Antonello Joseph Sarte Perez (born February 17, 1993) is a Filipino actor, a member of ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown talents collectively known as Star Magic, a performer in ASAP Sunday Variety Show died at the age of 18, due to a vehicular accident in Panici, Tarlac. Here's the full story (based from Ogie Diez' tweets since he was one of those connected with the parents of AJ, who had a personal touch with them after the incident, and tweeted it for everybody's information): While heading back to Manila from an event in Dagupan (Bangus Festival), a bus collided at the side part of the van he was riding after trying to overtake a trailer bus, where AJ's head was leaning. This caused him severe injury on his head and it's too late, he was brought to Paniqui, Tarlac Clinic, dead already. The photo below shows the damaged van where AJ Perez died.
"Sana, panaginip lang to, Ogie. Si Aj ang buhay namin ng mami nya, bakit sya pa? Sana, ako na lang. Napakamasunuring bata ni Aj,walang kaaway, friendly at very professional. Sana,ndi na lang siya Ogie.", crying out loud, these are the words stated by Mr. Gerry Perez to Ogie Diaz after the incident. Before AJ was brought to Paniqui Clinic, he's already dead. AJ is the only casualty in this accident. :(( He was in Dagupan for the Bangus Festival 2011 event by the Kapamilya Network, alogn with Zaijan Jaranilla & Matt Evans. Before this, AJ expressed hwo happy he is when he was one of the chosen performers to join the Kapamilya Caravan, "Grabe po, overwhelming and sobrang thankful lang po talaga kay God for the opportunities He continuously gives me. Sana magustuhan ng mga taga Dagupan City yung hinanda naming numbers for them". Also, AJ shared that he is excited for hsi upcoming MMK episode this April 30 and a movie.
LATEST UPDATE:The photo below was a shot of AJ's last show, held in Dagupan.
*From AJ Perez' Official Twitter managed by his family now: (posted 12:25PM, April 19)
"Aj's body is transferred to Christ The King Church Greenmeadows (Libis area). There will be a public viewing at 9PM-12MN tuesday, Apr 19. Apr 20, 4pm-7pm, 9pm-12mn. To those who loves Aj, please visit him. Thank you. "
*From Ogie Diaz' tweet, 10PM, April 18,2011: "Sa Tues, April 26 ang libing ni @ajperez sa Manila Memorial Park. Tom until 12nn na lang ang wake sa LSGH at ililipat na sa Christ D King GM"
*From Ogie Diaz' tweet, 11:15AM, April18,2011: "ndi ang multiple head injury ang kumitil kay @ajperez17 (AJ Perez). Sa autopsy, tumusok ang ribs sa puso at left lung ni aj sa lakas ng impact".
*From Eric John Salut's tweet (around 11:30PM, April 17) - "AJ Perez's wake will be open to public viewing tomorrow, Monday(April18) 11AM-2PM and resumes 9PM-12MN."
*From Eric John Salut via twitter, "The family of AJ Perez decided to donate AJ's cornea to blind singer Fatima Soriano."
*AJ's body will be in La Salle Green Hills starting this afternoon (April17) until Tuesday (April19) lunch time, as tweeted by ABS-CBNchannel2.
*From ABS-CBN News site, AJ was with his dad and 4 others aboard an ABS-CBN van which collided with a provincial passenger buss (Partas) along McArthur Highway in Barangay San Julian, Tarlac. The Police Officer 2 (Michael Millante of the Moncada Police) said that the van carrying the 6 passengers (AJ Perez, AJ's Dad Mr. Gerry Perez, Driver Christopher Bautista, Christina Ferrer, Edwin Patelos, and Danny Linunga) tried to overtake tried to overtake a trailer truck when it collided with the incoming Partas bus. As quoted from thsi Police, "Nung makarating sa may Barangay San Julian, allegedly itong van ng ABS-CBN, um-overtake ng isang trailer. 'Yung pagka-overtake n'ya po, in the process, nag-alangan po siya. Tinamaan po niya itong Partas na nagresulta sa pagkapinsala nung laman ng van".
*From GMA News Site, Moncada town police director Chief Inspector Augusto Pasamonte said “Si AJ, nasa likod ng driver’s seat. Yan ang bahagi na may tama". He also added that the driver, Patras Driver is already under custody, and will file charges of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and multiple physical injuries.
*I think ASAP ROCKS will pay tribute to AJ Perez on today's episode, April 17, as tweeted by his colleagues from this show (Jed Madela, Luis Manzano, ABSCBNchannel2, etc). They were all feeling down in the backstage as tweeted by Javier, Enrique Gil's Brother.
*These are the words shared by AJ's Mom while crying to Ogie Diaz: "Napanood ko pa kagabi yung teaser ng MMK ni Aj, ndi ko alam kumba't ako bigla na lang naiyak, kaya tinawagan ko si Dadi. Tinanong ko si dadi, bat ang tagal nilang umuwi? Pauwi na raw sila from Dagupan, pero nag-aalala pa rn ako, d ko alam kumbakit balisa ako. Nag-Boracay pa si AJ nung first week ng April. Nag-alala na ko non dahil sila lang mga friends nya ang magkakasama. Tapos, eto, kasama niya pa ang daddy niya, kaya Ogie, you'll never know talaga pag aksidente".
*I stand corrected in the tribute video I made, this is the statement shared by Ogie Diaz after talking with AJ's parents: "Sa bus po bumangga ang van sakay si AJ Perez kung saan yung left brain nya ang matinding napuruhan.".
Currently, AJ is one of the lead actors in Hit TV Show "Sabel", known as Dido and a regular performer in ASAP, also a member of a teen male group "Gigger Boys".May your soul rest in peace and you will always be remembered, AJ... Condolences to AJ's family, friends and relatives. :(
I'll miss him in twitter & in ASAP every sunday. I dunno what's with number 17: he was born in Feb17, Died at April17, his jersey no. is 17, his twitter account is @ajperez17 . His last tweet in twitter:
"On the way home already from Dagupan.Long drive ahead.. Thanks to everybody who watched, thanks to zui for the gifts.And hi again to jarred!". He also believes in the saying
"I'll take character over reputation. Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. ". He was also in Boracay on the first week of April2011, also a photo of AJ Perez with Rico Yan in ABS-CBN Hallway (See photos below)
Before AJ died, he made a letter for his "future" girlfriend, this was featured in Candy Magazine. You should read this one, :(
Dear Future Girlfriend,I’ve already come across many nice girls, all of them gorgeous in their own way, but like you, I am still searching. I don’t think it’ll be too hard, because I don’t really demand too much- after all, I am not looking for Ms. Perfect, I am looking for Ms. Right. Physically, you may be the simplest girl in the room, but there has to be that certain something about you that I find charming. It will be nice, of course, if you have positive attitude and an interesting personality. I hope that you can be understanding and supportive of the things I do and the things that are important to me. It will be great if you can make me laugh! There are no dull moments with someone that I know is funny. I want our relationship to be filled with excitement and surprises- I don’t want anything stagnant; I don’t want “just okay”. One of my weaknesses is the sweetness of a girl. If you can find a way to cheer me up after a long bad day, that would really make me feel good. I will also appreciate if you text me sweet stuff. I’d like to wake up to a good morning message from you, and go to bed at the end of the day after hearing you say goodnight. Another thing you should know: I believe that the best relationships always start from friendship. I want to be able to talk to you, be silly with you, and simply hang out with you. I want you to value the “friend” part of being my girlfriend. I also want us to share each other’s life, and I don’t want everything to be just about the two of us. I want our relationship to extend to other aspects of our lives, including our friends, family, and most of all GOD. A relationship will last only if we accept both the good and bad things about each other. Despite all the criteria I’ve mentioned above, I want to make it clear that I don’t want you to change a single thing about yourself just to please me. Losing your identity and turning into someone completely different is not necessary. Relax, I already like you, and I like you for who you truly are. I am looking forward to meeting you, and I know that one of these days, I will. I trust that we’ll find each other soon, and when that time comes, I know you’ll prove to me that you were definitely worth to wait.
Your Future Boyfriend,
AJ PEREZ
copied from: BLUEMOON'S MULTIMEDIA CENTER
i hope ok n sya now...
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