Eddie Mesa

Eddie Mesa
Born	Eduardo de Mesa Eigenmann 1938 Manila, Commonwealth of the Philippines
Occupation	Actor Singer
Years active	1958–1991
Spouse(s)	Rosemarie Gil (1958 - present)
Children	Michael (Michael de Mesa) Raphael (Mark Gil) Evangeline (Cherie Gil)

Eduardo de Mesa Eigenmann (born 1938), better known as Eddie Mesa, is a Filipino actor and singer. He was discovered by talent agents when he sang a Sammy Davis song. Afterwards he changed his surname to his mother's maiden name as Eddie Mesa, lead singer of Eddie Mesa And The Trippers. He was nicknamed Elvis Presley of the Philippines during his time as an impersonator of Elvis. He has acted in movies with Susan Roces and the late Fernando Poe Jr. Today he lives with his wife in the United States, where he has become a pastor who sings for God. He is the father of Michael de Mesa, Mark Gil and Cherie Gil and grandfather of Andi Eigenmann.

He acted with Eddie Romero's Hollywood film The Raiders of Leyte Gulf (1963).

While on the job, he met his future wife Rosemarie Gil. Gil become pregnant with their first child Michael Edward (Michael de Mesa) who was born in 1960. The couple married in 1961 and had two more children Raphael Joseph and Evangeline Rose (Mark Gil and Cherie Gil respectively). They were separated in 1970 amidst marital problems including Mesa's alleged drinking habits and womanizing as well their sons becoming young fathers in 1978 Mesa left for Guam for six months and then moved to Hawaii when Martial Law was declared while Rosemarie remained in the Philippines still active as an actress. Mesa reunited with his wife in 1986 after he became a born-again Christian. Today Eddie and Rosemarie have 13 grandchildren, most of whom have followed in their footsteps professionally: Ryan, Geoff, and AJ (Michael's sons) and Gabby, Sid (Timmy), Andi and Maxene Eigenmann (Mark's children from different women).

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