OPM legend Hajji Alejandro opted to go home, spend final days with family

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rapplerAds.displayAd( "mobile-middle-1" );MANILA, Philippines – In the end, Hajji Alejandro just wanted to be with his loved ones.Alejandro, who made many hearts flutter as a dashing hitmaker in the ’70s and ’80s, battled through pain during a two-month ordeal with stage 4 colon cancer.



But he eventually decided to just stay at home, said singer Alynna Velasquez, Alejandro’s partner for 27 years.Alejandro died on Monday, April 21. He was 70.

“You refused another trip to the hospital and chose palliative care instead, in the comforts of your home, in the company of people you love. You knew you were leaving us soon,” Velasquez said in a social media post on Tuesday, April 22.“We listened to our favorite songs and we both had tears in our eyes.

Your precious voice has been impaired because [cancer] had constricted your respiratory system as well. But I felt your love even without words. And despite the pain, restlessness and hallucinations, you tried to hold my hand.

”Velasquez said she was grateful to have “spent the last 8 days” with Alejandro after two of his five children, Rachel and Ali, reached out to her.Last March, Velasquez shared in an interview with broadcaster Julius Babao that she was “blamed” by the family for making public Alejandro’s health condition, so she left home.“No more pain, love.

Just pure bliss with our Heavenly Father,” said Velasquez. Alejandro, tagged as the “Kilabot ng mga Kolehiyala” (college girls’ heartthrob) during his peak, rose to fame with hits like “May Minamahal,” “Nakapagtataka,” “Panakip Butas,”“Tag-araw, Tag-Ulan,” and “Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika.”He’s the third Philippine music legend who died the past week after Pilita Corrales and Nora Aunor.

“I whispered in your ear. ‘Go with God. I love you so much.

See you in my dreams,’” wrote Velasquez.“Thank you..

. thank you for your love.” – Rappler.

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