1. Danny Javier was known as one of the members and lead vocalist of the musical trio APO Hiking Society along with Boboy Garrovillo and Jim Paredes, wherein he was the oldest of the group.
12 Facts About Danny Javier
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Danny Javier is regarded as one of the pillars and icons of Original Pilipino Music.
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Danny Javier was already dabbling in performing solo and with other groups when he enrolled at the Ateneo de Manila University for college.
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Danny Javier became part of a singing group named Danny, Mandy, and Alice, with Mandy Marquez and Alice Zerrudo.
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In 1970, Danny Javier met Jim Paredes, Boboy Garrovillo, Ric Segreto, and 9 other original members of the Apolinario Mabini Hiking Society or known today as APO Hiking Society.
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Danny Javier attended San Beda University and Ateneo de Manila University.
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Danny Javier ventured in a T-shirt business called Pidro: Ang Saplot Ng Bayan, based on Pidro, a character he created about a man from the rural areas of the Philippines who came to Manila seeking good fortune.
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Danny Javier had a near-death experience in 2011 and was a survivor of kidney failure, pneumonia, emphysema, heart failure, hepatitis, diabetes and sepsis.
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Danny Javier later became an advocate of moringa as a traditional and alternative medicine.
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Danny Javier openly supported the candidacy of Rodrigo Duterte in the 2016 Philippine presidential election while he supported Leni Robredo in the 2022 Philippine presidential election.
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Danny Javier died of complications due to a prolonged illness at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute on October 31,2022, at the age of 75, as confirmed by his daughter Justine.
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Danny Javier was later cremated at Heritage Park, Taguig City in Nov 06,2022.