Multimedia Arts (MMA) student Ryan Leonardo Santiago, son of singer-actor Randy Santiago and wife Marilou Coronel, passed away on Sunday, August 13, after battling a rare form of brain disease and multiple sclerosis for three years. He was 24.
Photo from Ryan Santiago’s Instagram account
Ryan, ID number 111, took up Multimedia Arts during his stay in the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB). According to the DLS-CSB Office of the Registrar, Ryan’s status in the College is ‘ongoing.’
Meanwhile, in an interview with entertainment site PEP yesterday, August 15, Randy said he still couldn’t believe his son’s passing but his family is slowly accepting Ryan’s death.
“Tanggap, pero mahirap… masakit. Lalo na kapag magulang. Pero siyempre, ang Panginoon, nandiyan para siguro… Baka may purpose Siya kung bakit he had to leave and he had to go at an early age, dahil siyempre hindi naman siguro patagalin pa yung sickness niya,” he said.
Ryan, whose remains were cremated on August 14, is survived by his parents Randy and Marilou and siblings Raphael and Raiko.
Today marks the last day of the viewing of Ryan’s remains, from 5PM to 12 midnight, at the La Salle Greenhills Chapel, San Juan City.
