10 Facts About Eddie Peregrina

Edgard Villavicencio Peregrina, better known as Eddie Peregrina, was a Filipino singer and matinee idol of the 1970s.

Eddie Peregrina died at the peak of his popularity at the age of 31, one month after a car accident on EDSA in Mandaluyong.

Eddie Peregrina was born as Edgard Villavicencio Peregrina on November 11,1945 to Octavio Peregrina of Pililla, Rizal and Nena Villavicencio of Cebu.

Eddie Peregrina won the singing contest of DZXL's "Tita Betty's Children Show" at the age of six.

Eddie Peregrina had a habit of tipping his feet backwards to hit the highest note.

Eddie Peregrina co-starred with his wife Lyn Salazar in Batul of Mactan in 1974.

Eddie Peregrina was the leading man in Dito sa Aking Puso with Nora Aunor and with Vilma Santos in Mardy.

Eddie Peregrina was married to actress Lyn Salazar, with whom he had two daughters, Edlyn and Michelle.

Eddie Peregrina was involved in a car accident in 1977 when his Ford Mustang collided with a trailer truck on the EDSA-Shaw underpass.

Eddie Peregrina died a month and a week later at the age of 31 at Polymedic Hospital due to internal hemorrhage caused by the accident.