resting_place death_date death_place years_active birth_place children other_names name parents birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name
manila north cemetery , santa cruz , manila 14 december 2004 quezon city , philippines 1955 -- 2004 manila , philippines grace poe ronnian poe lovi poe ronwaldo reyes ronnie da king fpj flavio ronald poe allan bessie '' gatbonton kelley -lrb- mother -rrb- fernando reyes poe -lrb- father -rrb- elizabeth `` august 20 , 1939 susan roces fernandopoejr.jpg fernando poe , jr.
 ronald allan kelley poe
fernando poe , jr.

ronald allan kelley poe -lrb- august 20 , 1939 -- december 14 , 2004 -rrb- , better known as fernando poe , jr. and colloquially known as fpj and da king , was a filipino actor .
during the latter part of his career , poe was defeated by then president gloria macapagal-arroyo in the 2004 philippine presidential elections .
his long career as an action film star earned him the nickname `` king of philippine movies '' -lrb- often shortened to `` da king '' -rrb- .
poe was posthumously declared a national artist of the philippines for film on 23 may 2006 by president macapagal-arroyo .
the award was confirmed by president benigno aquino iii on 20 july 2012 , and was presented to his family on 16 august .
