Bonnin, whose death came two days after Johnny Delgado’s demise on Nov. 19, died of multiple organ failure due to diabetes. A week prior, the actor was confined due to a stroke.
Born Herman Bonnin on September 8, 1939 in Himamaylan, Negros Occidental, Visayas, Philippines, he was the half-Spanish father of beauty queen Charlene Gonzales-Muhlach and actor Richard Bonnin. He catapulted to fame via the movie “Palos,” which was the Philippine version of “James Bond.” ABS-CBN remade “Palos” into a TV series in 2008 starring Jake Cuenca and with Bonnin in a support role.
Dubbed the “Pretty Boy of the 60s,” Bonnin starred in over 170 movies in a career that spanned four decades. Some of these films were “Gagamba,” “Ako ang Lalagot sa Hininga Mo,” “Code Name: Bomba,” “Target: Captain Karate,” and his first film, “Ay Pepita.”
Bonnin has a son with former love team Lourdes Medel, and two more with non-showbiz wife, Digna, whom he was living with at the time of his death.
Bonnin appeared in one Euro-western the "Arizona Kid" (1971) with Chiquito, Mamie Van Doren, Dan van Husen and Gordon Mitchell.
He is the veteran Filipino actor father of Sharlene Gonzales Richard Bonnin JC Bonnin & other family members star in several TV films & media in the Philippines.
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