Lucia Cunanan
{{short description|Filipino restaurateur}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lucía Cunanan
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Lucía Lagman
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|2|27}}
| birth_place = La Paz, Tarlac, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|4|16|1928|2|27}}
| death_place = Angeles City,Pampanga Philippines
| death_cause = Stabbing
| other_names = {{hlist|Aling Lucing|Lucing|Lucy}}
| known_for = Inventing sisig
| spouse = Victorino F. Cunanan
| occupation = {{hlist|Restaurateur|entrepreneur}}
}}
Lucía "Aling Lucing" Lagman Cunanan (February 27, 1928 – April 16, 2008) was a Filipino restaurateur best known for having invented or at least re-invented sisig, a popular Kapampangan dish in the Philippines and Filipino diasporas worldwide.{{cite news|title='Sisig Queen' murdered|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/89798/update-sisig-queen-murdered/story/|accessdate=March 31, 2018|agency=Sun.Star Pampanga|publisher=GMA News|date=April 17, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331081210/http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/89798/update-sisig-queen-murdered/story/|archivedate=March 31, 2018}}{{cite news |author=Tonette Orejas |title=Woman who created native dish slain in Pampanga home |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20080416-130715/Woman-who-created-native-dish-slain-in-Pampanga-home |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=April 16, 2008 |accessdate=April 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831015519/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20080416-130715/Woman-who-created-native-dish-slain-in-Pampanga-home |archive-date=August 31, 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=RP's sisig queen found dead in Pampanga home |url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/89628/RPs-sisig-queen-found-dead-in-Pampanga-home |publisher=GMANews.TV |date=April 16, 2008 |accessdate=April 16, 2008 }}{{cite news |title='Sisig Queen' murdered |url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/04/17/news/.sisig.queen.murdered.html |publisher=Sun Star Pampanga |date=April 17, 2008 |accessdate=April 18, 2008 }}
Career
Lucia Cunanan was born in Tarlac on February 27, 1928. She settled in Pampanga after her marriage to Victorino F. Cunanan.
In 1974, she established Aling Lucing's, a restaurant in Angeles City. Her restaurant offered a reinvented variant of sisig which soon became nationally famous. The popularity of Cunanan's sisig had helped establish Angeles City as the "Sisig Capital of the Philippines", thus her earning the sobriquet "Sisig Queen".{{cite web |title=Festivals and Events: Pampanga |url=http://www.visitmyphilippines.com/index.php?title=Pampanga&func=all&pid=4530&tbl=0 |publisher=Department of Tourism |work=The Ultimate Philippines Ultimate Travel Guide For Tourists |accessdate=April 16, 2008 }}
Death
Cunanan was found bludgeoned to death in her Angeles City home with 10 stab wounds on April 16, 2008, aged 80. Two days after her murder, local police filed parricide charges against her then 85-year-old husband Victorino. He was believed to have killed Lucia after she refused to give him money for his mistress’ needs.{{cite news |author=Tonette Orejas |title=Husband tagged as suspect in 'Sisig Queen's' murder |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080418-131301/Husband-tagged-as-suspect-in-Sisig-Queens-murder |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=April 18, 2008 |accessdate=April 18, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501111804/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080418-131301/Husband-tagged-as-suspect-in-Sisig-Queens-murder |archivedate=May 1, 2008 }}
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Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:Filipino restaurateurs
Category:Filipino women company founders