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Jam Sebastian
Born
Jamvhille Fernando Sebastian

(1986-03-20)20 March 1986
Manila, Philippines
Died4 March 2015(2015-03-04) (aged 28)
Taguig, Philippines
Cause of deathLung cancer
NationalityFilipino
OccupationYouTube celebrity
RelativesYexel Sebastian (brother)
Paoline Michelle Liggayu (fiancée)

Jamvhille Fernando Sebastian (20 March 1986 – 4 March 2015), better known as Jam Sebastian, was a Filipino celebrity and one half of real-life couple JaMich, who gained popularity in the Philippines on YouTube. Mich was Sebastian's partner, Paolinne Michelle Liggayu.[1][2]

Biography

Jam Sebastian was born in 1986 at the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center to Vilmo Sebastian and Maria Carmen "Maricar" Fernando. His brother Yexel is a toy collector who owns three toy museums in the Philippines.[3]

JaMich

Before JaMich, Sebastian had confessed his relationship with Paolinne Michelle Liggayu as puppy love.[4] Sebastian had also confirmed during an interview with StarStudio Magazine that JaMich was already a couple since 2008.[5]

JaMich became one of YouTube's popular love teams in 2011. By Chance was their first uploaded video which gained more than seven million views with 543,163 accumulated subscribers.[6] The duo joined Twitter in June 2011 and has since acquired over a million followers.[7] After six years, the official engagement of JaMich was announced. It was Liggayu who proposed to Sebastian at the Philippine International Convention Center on May 11, 2014.[8]

Illness and death

In the first quarter of 2014, after a CT scan at St. Luke's Medical Center, Sebastian was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer.[9] Integrative medicine was his treatment of choice for his healing process.[10] In February 2015, Sebastian had been placed under life support.[11]He died at 10:30 am.

Sebastian succumbed to lung cancer and he died at 10:30 a.m. on March 4, 2015, aged 28, 16 days before he would have turned 29.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "Cancer-stricken YouTube sensation thanks brother for support". entertainment.inquirer.net. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. ^ "TattAwards 2014 Youtube Phenom of the Year". tattawards2014.com. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Yexel Sebastian profile". firstfilipino.blogspot.com. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Jam's Timeline - Mobile Uploads". facebook.com. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Jamich: A love story for keeps". rappler.com. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  6. ^ "BY CHANCE - Short Film by JAMICH". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  7. ^ "JAMICH @ilovejamich". twitter.com. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Youtube sensation Jamich engaged". rappler.com. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Jam of the Youtube sensation "Jamich" has cancer". http://push.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved 21 March 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "'KAPUSO MO, JESSICA SOHO' INTERVIEW: Jamich, magkasamang hinaharap ang sakit na cancer". gmanetwork.com. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  11. ^ "Jam Sebastian's family 'accepts painful reality'". Manila: ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ "Jamich's Jam Sebastian dies at 28". ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. 4 March 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "Jam Sebastian of Jamich dies". rappler.com. 4 March 2015.
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