Lucia Cunanan Explained

Lucía Lagman Cunanan
Birth Date:February 27, 1928
Birth Place:La Paz, Tarlac, Philippine Islands
Death Date:April 16, 2008 (aged 80)
Death Place:Clark, Angeles City, Philippines
Death Cause:Stabbing
Known For:Inventing sisig
Spouse:Victorino F. Cunanan

Lucía "Aling Lucing" Lagman Cunanan (February 27, 1928 – April 16, 2008) was a Filipino restaurateur best known for having invented or at least re-invented sisig, a popular Kapampangan dish in the Philippines and Filipino diasporas worldwide.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Career

Lucia Cunanan was born in Tarlac on February 27, 1928. She settled in Pampanga after her marriage to Victorino F. Cunanan.

In 1974, she established Aling Lucing's, a restaurant in Angeles City. Her restaurant offered a reinvented variant of sisig which soon became nationally famous. The popularity of Cunanan's sisig had helped establish Angeles City as the "Sisig Capital of the Philippines", thus her earning the sobriquet "Sisig Queen".[5]

Death

Cunanan was found bludgeoned to death in her Angeles City home with 10 stab wounds on April 16, 2008, aged 80.[2] Two days after her murder, local police filed parricide 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: 'Sisig Queen' murdered. March 31, 2018. Sun.Star Pampanga. GMA News. April 17, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331081210/http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/89798/update-sisig-queen-murdered/story/. March 31, 2018.
  2. News: Tonette Orejas . Woman who created native dish slain in Pampanga home . Philippine Daily Inquirer . April 16, 2008 . April 16, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130831015519/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20080416-130715/Woman-who-created-native-dish-slain-in-Pampanga-home . August 31, 2013 . dead .
  3. News: RP's sisig queen found dead in Pampanga home . GMANews.TV . April 16, 2008 . April 16, 2008 .
  4. News: 'Sisig Queen' murdered . Sun Star Pampanga . April 17, 2008 . April 18, 2008 .
  5. Web site: Festivals and Events: Pampanga . Department of Tourism . The Ultimate Philippines Ultimate Travel Guide For Tourists . April 16, 2008 .
  6. News: Tonette Orejas . Husband tagged as suspect in 'Sisig Queen's' murder . Philippine Daily Inquirer . April 18, 2008 . April 18, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501111804/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080418-131301/Husband-tagged-as-suspect-in-Sisig-Queens-murder . May 1, 2008 .