During his comatose period at the hospital, he was able to receive medical and financial support from his former co-stars. Aside from Dolphy, "Eat Bulaga" main hosts Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon also visited him. He died two months later, on December 18, 1995 at the age of 70, two days after the death of Bert "Tawa" Marcelo, and two months before his 71st birthday. It was also reported that Dolphy decided to include Panchito's partially-shot scenes in "Father en Son" at the final film cut as tribute to his long-time comic partner.