Lucía Cunanan | |
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| Born | Lucía Lagman (1928-02-27)February 27, 1928 La Paz, Tarlac,Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, United States |
| Died | April 16, 2008(2008-04-16) (aged 80)[1] |
| Cause of death | Stabbing |
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| Known for | Inventingsisig |
| Spouse | Victorino F. Cunanan |
Lucía "Aling Lucing"Lagman Cunanan (February 27, 1928 – April 16, 2008) was a Filipinorestaurateur best known for having invented or at least re-inventedsisig, a popularKapampangan dish in the Philippines andFilipino diasporas worldwide.[2][1][3][4]
Lucia Cunanan was born inTarlac on February 27, 1928. She settled inPampanga after her marriage to Victorino F. Cunanan.
In 1974, she establishedAling Lucing's, a restaurant inAngeles City.[4] Her restaurant offered a reinvented variant of sisig which soon became nationally famous.[4] The popularity of Cunanan's sisig had helped establishAngeles City as the "Sisig Capital of the Philippines", thus her earning the sobriquet "Sisig Queen".[5]
Cunanan was found bludgeoned to death in her Angeles City home with 10 stab wounds on April 16, 2008, aged 80. Two days after her murder, local police filedparricide charges against her then 85-year-old husband Victorino. He was believed to have killed Lucia after she refused to give him money for his mistress’ needs.[6]