Bernadette Hernandez: Pinay Mom of Bruno Mars Dies of Brain Aneurysm

Bernadette San Pedro Bayot-Hernandez, the Filipina mother of music sensation Bruno Mars has died of an aneurysm.

 Ang aneurysm ay ugat na pumutok sa utak o buo-buong dugo na kumakalat palabas mula sa arterya. 55-year-old Bernadette was taken to a Honolulu hospital after she complained of chest pains, but never recovered.

 Bernadette an exotic hula dancer married percussionist Peter Hernandez. They had 6 children Jamie, Tiara, Tahiti, Presly, Eric and Peter Gene (Bruno Mars).

She passed away on June 1 at the Queens Medical Center in Hawaii.

In a post Grammy interview in 2011, Bernadette had this to day about her son's success “Bruno I am so so proud of you. I knew this was going to happen but not this extent,” she said. “I still think of him as my baby and keep forgetting he is a man.”

Love and prayers go out to Bruno Mars and his family