Angelo Reyes shot himself, dead at 65 | Reyes' suicide falls on PNoy's 51st birthday

    Angelo Reyes died in an apparent suicide today, February 8, 2011.

    A retired AFP Chief-of-Staff and former Defense Secretary, Angelo Reyes suffered gun shot wound in his chest which according to the police was a suicide 'coz there were no signs of a foul play.

    Sec. Angelo Reyes' suicide happened while visiting the grave of his mother, Purificacion Reyes, at the Loyola Memorial Park. He was rushed to Quirino Memorial Medical Center in QC at around 7:45 AM and the doctors tried to revive him, but at 8:32 AM, Reyes was officially declared dead, as reported this morning on ABS-CBN's News Patrol.

    Sec. Reyes was reportedly reading a book before he killed himself. According to a report from DZBB, he was reading the book "Trump: The Art of the Deal" by Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz.

    He was 65 years old (March 17, 1945-February 8, 2011), and is survived by his wife Teresita and 5 sons.

    Sec. Angelo served as Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff from 2000 to 2001, and was later appointed as Secretary in 4 Departments under the Arroyo administration.

    He was Secretary of National Defense from 2001 to 2003, of DILG from 2004 to 2006, then of DENR a year after and lastly, as Department of Energy Secretary in 2007-2010.

    Just recently, Reyes was linked to an AFP Fund Scandal where he allegedly received a "pabaon" of P50M when he retired as AFP Chief.

    Today, the date of Sec. Angelo Reyes' death, happens to be the 51st birthday of Pres. Noynoy Aquino.

    Photo courtesy of Inquirer.net

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