1. AJ Perez was a member of ABS-CBN's Star Magic in Batch 13.
19 Facts About AJ Perez
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AJ Perez portrayed one of the lead characters in the 2009 miniseries Your Song Presents: Underage.
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Antonello Joseph Sarte AJ Perez was born on February 17,1993, to a Bicolana mother, Maria Victoria "Marivic" and Bacolodnon father, Gerardo "Gerry" AJ Perez.
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AJ Perez attended high school at La Salle Greenhills in Greenhills, Mandaluyong, and graduated on March 20,2011.
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AJ Perez planned to take up Marketing at the De La Salle University because he wanted to help run the family business and he played a former college basketball team of De La Salle University.
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AJ Perez was discovered by ABS-CBN in a TV commercial for Milo.
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AJ Perez attended self-enhancement workshops with ABS-CBN Talent Center and was one of the new talents launched by Star Magic on its 13th anniversary in 2006.
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AJ Perez was later cast as Josh Smith, his first regular TV appearance, in the youth-oriented TV series Star Magic Presents: Abt Ur Luv.
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AJ Perez was later cast as Bayani Mendoza in the supernatural drama Lobo.
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AJ Perez made a guest appearance in the "Bato" episode of the romantic fantasy TV series Love Spell and in the Imposible episode of the musical anthology Your Song.
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AJ Perez then went to appear in two Star Cinema films; BFF: Best Friends Forever and Ang Tanging Pamilya: A Marry Go Round.
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AJ Perez appeared in the romantic comedy film Babe, I Love You and, alongside Robi Domingo and Sam Concepcion, in the multi-narrative horror film Cinco in 2010.
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AJ Perez appeared as Jeffrey in the "Kakambal ko'y Manika" episode of Wansapanataym.
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In December 2010, AJ Perez was cast in Sabel, where he played his first leading role in a teleserye with Jessy Mendiola and Joseph Marco.
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AJ Perez had earlier appeared as a guest judge in Showtime.
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An autopsy concluded that AJ Perez died after his broken ribs pierced his heart and lungs.
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AJ Perez was buried at the Manila Memorial Park in Paranaque on April 26,2011.
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AJ Perez's family wanted to donate his corneas to blind singer Fatima Soriano after his mother saw her interview with Boy Abunda on The Bottomline with Boy Abunda.
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AJ Perez's corneas were eventually donated to a 28-year-old man and an 8-year-old boy.