MANILA, Philippines?(UPDATE) Tiya Dely Magpayo, the acknowledged first lady of Philippine radio and on-air counselor of the love-struck and lovelorn for the past 68 years, died on Monday at 6:10 p.m. after suffering a stroke on Saturday night, her doctor Remie Sazon told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

She was 87, according to her daughter, Didi Reyes-Belonio, who was interviewed over dzMM. As of this posting, the family had yet to decide on Tiya Dely?s interment plans.

Tiya Dely was working in the radio booth of dzRH when she had the stroke on Saturday at 11:30 p.m., while hosting the program ?Serenata Kolektibista?, which features one of her many longtime passions, kundiman and rondalla music.

Weng Pioquinco, a co-worker for the past 13 years, recalled that Tiya Dely suddenly ?felt weak? the night she was rushed to the hospital.

That was unusual because Tiya Dely had always been active and sprightly.

Even in her 80s, she maintained a full schedule at the radio station, hosting a nightly show, ?Ang Inyong Tiya Dely,? apart from the weekend program.

Tiya Dely herself told the Inquirer in a 2005 interview that she had no plans of slowing down. ?This is not work to me. I love what I?m doing,? she said.

Few people in the entertainment industry can claim that they have worked in all media: stage, radio, movies and television.

Fidela Mendoza-Magpayo hosted radio shows for nearly seven decades, earning her the title "First Lady of Philippine Radio."

Her career in broadcasting started when she was about 18 years old, when she joined the group of radio comedians Andoy Balunbalunan and Dely Atay-atayan as a singer.

Tiya Dely got her first counseling program at dzRH in October 1953. She transferred to dzMM, and was the last radio host heard on air before the Lopez-owned station was padlocked by the Marcos regime. (She later resumed her career on radio at dzRH.)

Aside from being a radio personality, Tiya Dely also acted in movies produced by Sampaguita Pictures, LVN and Larry Santiago Productions. Among her films were "Basahang Ginto" and "Hinihintay Kita."

She was also a singer, recording songs like "Pamaypay ng Maynila," "Sa Ilalim ng Ilang-Ilang," "Pandanggo ni Neneng" and "Nabasag ang Banga."

After World War II, she supported the presidential campaign of Manuel Roxas. When he won, Roxas appointed Tiya Dely confidential secretary of then Vice President Elpidio Quirino, who encouraged her to get a college degree.

She took up foreign service at Far Eastern University but later shifted to political science. She graduated in 1950.

Tiya Dely was married to the late Colonel Leonor Reyes, who fought in Bataan and Korea. They had two daughters, Violeta and Delia, and a son, Leonor Jr.

Among the awards she received for her contributions to the Philippine broadcast industry are the Pama-As Gintong Bai award from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Gawad Plaridel from the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas.