10th First Lady of the Philippines | |
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In role 30 December 1965 – 25 February 1986 | |
President | Ferdinand Marcos |
Preceded by | Eva Macapagal |
Succeeded by | Vacant (Ballsy Aquino-Cruz, de facto) |
Member of Parliament for Region IV (Metro Manila) | |
In office 12 June 1978 – 5 June 1984 | |
President | Ferdinand Marcos |
Preceded by | Office created as members of the National Assembly: Leon G. Guinto, Alfonso E. Mendoza |
Succeeded by | as Mambabatas Pambansa for Manila: Eva Estrada-Kalaw, Carlos Fernando, Mel Lopez, Gonzalo Puyat II, and Arturo Tolentino |
1st Governor of Metro Manila | |
In office 27 February 1975 – 25 February 1986 | |
President | Ferdinand Marcos |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | Joey Lina (acting) |
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Leyte's1st District | |
In office 30 June 1995 – 30 June 1998 | |
President | Fidel Ramos |
Preceded by | Cirilo Roy Montejo |
Succeeded by | Alfred Romuáldez |
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Ilocos Norte's2nd District | |
In office 30 June 2010 – 30 June 2019 | |
Preceded by | Ferdinand Marcos Jr. |
Succeeded by | Angelo M. Barba |
Personal details | |
Born | Imelda Remedios Romuáldez y Trinidad July 2, 1929 (age 89) Manila, Philippine Islands |
Nationality | Filipino |
Political party | Nacionalista (1965–1978; 2009–present) |
Other political affiliations | Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (1978–2013) |
Spouse(s) | Ferdinand Marcos (m. 1954; d. 1989) |
Children | Imee Marcos Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. Irene Marcos Aimee Marcos (adopted) |
Residence | Makati |
Honorary titles | ||
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Preceded by Evangelina Macapagal | First Lady of the Philippines 1965–1986 | VacantAmelita Ramos |
Preceded by None as office created | Governor of Manila 1975–1986 | Succeeded by Jejomar Binay as Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) |
House of Representatives of the Philippines | ||
Preceded by Cirilo Roy C. Montejo | Member of the House of Representatives from Leyte's1st district 1995–1998 | Succeeded by Alfred S. Romualdez |
Preceded by Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. | Member of the House of Representatives from Ilocos Norte's2nd district 2010–present | Incumbent |
An undated photo of Dee Dee Blanchard, likely taken between 2010 and 2015 | |
Date | June 14, 2015 (body discovered) |
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Location | Springfield, Missouri, U.S. |
Coordinates | 37°16′00″N93°19′06″W / 37.2668°N 93.3182°WCoordinates: 37°16′00″N93°19′06″W / 37.2668°N 93.3182°W |
Arrests | Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Nicholas Godejohn |
Convicted | Blanchard, Godejohn |
Charges | Second-degree murder (Blanchard) First-degree murder and armed criminal action (Godejohn) |
Verdict | Guilty plea (Blanchard) Conviction at trial (Godejohn) |
Sentence | Ten years, eligible for parole in 2024[1] (Blanchard) Life imprisonment without parole plus 25 years (Godejohn) |
“ | I feel like I'm free in prison, than with living with my mom. Because now, I'm allowed to just live like a normal woman[15] | ” |
— Gypsy Rose Blanchard, 20/20, January 4, 2018 |
.. keeping her daughter wheelchair-bound and claiming her daughter had multiple medical problems she never had.
.. series premieres at 9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22 with the Blanchard episode, 'Mother of All Murders,' airing at 9 p.m. Jan. 29.
The show being filmed for Hulu will start out with eight episodes based on writer Michelle Dean’s 2016 Buzzfeed article “Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter to Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom to Be Murdered.”