Lake Sebu Mayor Floro Gandam Sr. (Photo lifted from Flor Gandam Sr. Facebook account)
KORONADAL CITY – Twelve days after celebrating his 66th birthday and four days after suffering from a mild stroke, Mayor Floro Gandam Sr. of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato has died in a hospital in Gen. Santos City.
Maria Gandam, the mayor’s wife, said in a radio interview that his husband has been comatose since he was admitted to a private hospital in Gen. Santos City on Sept. 28 after complaining of chest pain.
He breathed his last at about 12:15 a.m. Tuesday.
“He had a mild stroke on Sept. 28 and was unconscious since,” Maria said of her husband, a member of the Tboli tribe in South Cotabato.
On Sept. 21, Gandam celebrated his 66th birthday.
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