Rep. Carlos “Charlie” Cojuangco (Tarlac), 58, died on Tuesday, according to his wife China Jocson. “It is with a heavy heart that we regret to inform you that my husband, Claudia and Jaime’s father, Carlos “Charlie” Cojuangco, has passed away,” Jocson wrote on her Facebook page. The Cojuangco family released a statement saying that the lawmaker’s wake will be held at Heritage Memorial Park from 9 a.m. on February 23 to 25. from 10 a.m. to midnight, and on February 26 from 10 a.m. to midnight in Tarlac. to the stroke of midnight

“Thank you for your prayers and support during this difficult time especially for Charlie’s family,” the Cojuangco family expressed gratitude. The cause of Cojuangco’s death was not revealed by Jocson or the Cojuangco family, although Bilyonaryo said in October that he was brought to the hospital after suffering an aneurysm while racing at the Clark International Speedway in Pampanga. Economic stimulus plans for the country’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic are one of the bills he authored.

Cojuangco previously served in Congress as a representative for the province of Negros Occidental, the birthplace of his mother, Gretchen. Cojuangco was the son of businessman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr., a friend of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.