<h3></h3> <h3>BY NEIL RAMOS</h3> [caption id="attachment_325566" align="aligncenter" width="590"]<a href="http://tempo.com.ph/2021/01/24/tony-ferrer-86/tony-ferrer/" rel="attachment wp-att-325566"><img class="size-large wp-image-325566" src="http://tempo.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/tony-ferrer-590x375.jpg" alt="TONY Ferrer" width="590" height="375" /></a> TONY Ferrer[/caption] <h3>Former action star Tony Ferrer, real name Antonio Laxa, has died. He was 86.</h3> <h3>His daughters, Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan and Mutya Laxa Buensuceso, announced their father’s death on social media.</h3> <h3>According to them, Tony passed away peacefully in his sleep in his home in Pasig City last Saturday.</h3> <h3>Tony started his career in the movies in the 1960s. He gained fame as Tony Falcon, Agent X-44, a character quite similar to James Bond.</h3> <h3>This persona would lead Ferrer to numerous appearances as action hero in many films throughout the 1970s and the 80s.</h3>
