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| | Victoria Quirino-Delgado, teenage first lady, dies; 75 - 12/02/06 |
 | | Quirino-Delgado, the daughter of President Elpidio Quirino, had gone to Amsterdam for the baptism of her great granddaughter and was touring Europe with her family when she was stricken, according to her niece, Cory Quirino. |
 | | Since Quirino had lost his wife, Alicia Syquia, and three of their five children during the liberation of Manila in 1945, Victoria took over what should have been her mother’s role as official hostess of Malacañang. |
 | | Quirino was elected to a full presidential term in 1949, and since he never remarried, Victoria, called “Vicky” by friends and the press, became his official First Lady. |
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