The veteran actor Mark Gil passed away after his fight in Liver Cirrhosis in Monday, September 1, 2014.

According to his family, he died at 8 AM in the morning at the age of 52 due to liver cancer that he found out in 2012. The family and relatives of actor had decided to keep it secret the report about the struggles of actor from cancer.

Here’s the statement from his family “It was Ralph’s (Mark Gil) request that this should not be revealed, and we did not question his decision, and to those who have asked us about his condition, especially his colleagues, the press and fans, we apologize for not being forthright, but we also ask for understanding.”

The fellow actors and fans express their sorrows to the late actor on Twitter.

Raphael Joseph De Mesa, also known as Mark Gil is the father of TV stars Andy Eigenmann and Sid Lucero. The last project he hold with ABS-CBN was the primetime “The Legal Wife” with Jericho Rosales, Angel Locsin, and Maja Salvador.

Meanwhile, the Eigenmann clan asks for a time to mourn Mark Gil’s death. They also announced an event to remember the life and works of late actor that will held on Wednesday in La Salle Green Hills Chapel at 10 AM.

Here’s the statement “But for now we would like to assure everyone that as long as Filipino films are being watched and appreciated, there will always be Mark Gil.”