Marcelino Antonio Carag Sotto III (May 10, 1982 – December 29, 2003), professionally known as Miko Sotto, was a Filipino matinee idol,

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, and teen star, and son of singer/actress/radio commentator/TV host

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Early life

A talent of the GMA Artist Center, Sotto became a TV fixture, with stints on GMA's youth-oriented programs '' Click'' and ''

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''.

Personal life

Miko Sotto was part of the prominent Sotto family in showbiz. He was a great grandson of former Senator

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and the grandson and grandnephew of Marcelino Antonio Sotto and Vicente Sotto, Jr., respectively. His parents were Ali Sotto and Marcelino Antonio "Maru" Sotto, Jr., brother of incumbent Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto III,

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and

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. His granduncle

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was also a former senator of the Philippines. His cousins were actors

Oyo Boy Sotto Vittorio Mari Bonnevie Sotto (; born January 12, 1984), known professionally as Oyo Boy Sotto, is a Filipino actor. He is the son of Filipino actor-comedian-host Vic Sotto and Swiss-Filipino singer-actress Dina Bonnevie, nephew of Senator Tito ...

, Ciara Sotto, and

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. At the time of his death, he was romantically involved with actress

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, who became Oyo's girlfriend a few months after his demise.

Filmography

Film

Television

Death

Sotto fell from the eighth floor of San Francisco Garden Plaza Condominium, a condominium building along

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where he was living in for 4 years. According to initial investigation, Sotto was with his cousin

, two other friends, and a maid at the condominium. According to reports, a security guard saw Sotto seated at the railings of the balcony. Sotto was about to part with his friends and tried to get down from the railings when his foot allegedly got caught in a planter, causing him to lose his balance and fall from his balcony at 4:50 a.m. on December 29, 2003. Sotto was immediately rushed to the nearby Mandaluyong City Medical Center where he was declared dead on arrival. "The patient died from multiple skull fracture", according to the male physician on duty at the hospital. From the Mandaluyong hospital, Sotto was brought to

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at 5:45 a.m., but doctors there were also unable to revive him. He was taken to the hospital's morgue at 8:05 a.m., the same day. His funeral was held at the Arlington Funeral Homes in

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. His remains were later interred at Loyola Memorial Park - Sucat in

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on January 3, 2004. His mother, Ali donated Miko's corneas to the Eye Bank of the Philippines at the time of his death. His mother met one of the recipients during one of the episodes of

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