Biglaan ang naging pagpanaw ni Dolphy para sa anak niyang si Jeffrey Quizon—o mas kilala sa kanyang palayaw na Epy.

Pumanaw ang Hari ng Komedya noong Martes, Hulyo 10, sa edad na 83 dahil sa “multiple organ failure secondary to complications brought about by severe pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and acute renal failure.”

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“Honestly hindi ako handa,” ito ang inamin ni Epy nang tanungin kung paano niya hinarap ang pagpanaw ng kanyang ama.

Nakausap ng PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) at iba pang entertainment press ang aktor kahapon, Hulyo 12, sa Heritage Memorial Park, sa Taguig City, kung saan nakaburol ang kanyang ama.

Kuwento pa niya, “Actually na-late ako ng konti kasi we're going to celebrate sana an award given to a cast. Papunta na kami sa celebration and I got the call... hindi ako handa.

“Noong umaga, nakita ko na my dad was not lucid, he was not lucid anymore.

"Ako 'yong bantay ng umaga, kami ni Kuya Sonny. At sa totoo lang, I had a bad feeling.

“I was trying to make calm of things. Kasi in my head, hindi naman panic, mayro'ng hindi magandang mangyayari.

"And every time na I see the eyes of my daddy na gano'n, alam ko na may episode na mangyayari.

“'Yon 'yong sinasabi namin na may roller coaster na okay siya ngayon, mamaya hindi, 'yong mga gano'ng insidente.

"So, I was trying to make things light that day until I got a text from Zsa Zsa and my sister Madonna na he [Dolphy] just stopped medication.

“So, in my head, after I got the text na... hindi, sabi ko sa sarili ko, na hindi pa siguro ngayon.

"Although pine-prepare ko na ang sarili ko, kasi I think 'yong subconscious ko na 'yong nagsasabi na this could be the time, di ba?

“When I got there, my brothers are there; kaso wala si Eric kasi he was taping in Bataan.