May Bayot-De Castro, a Philippine theater actress and singer known for her award-winning musical performances, has died. Her sister, singer Lani Misalucha, announced the death in a social media post on October 27, 2026.

May Bayot-De Castro’s stage career

Bayot-De Castro created the role of Elsa in the 2003 stage adaptation of Himala, winning the Aliw Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She returned to the role in the 2019 production of Himala: Isang Musikal.

She also received a Gawad Buhay Award for her lead performance in Skin Deep, staged by the Philippine Educational Theater Association. Her other stage credits included Sandosenang Sapatos, Kleptomaniacs, Ibalong and Rated: PG. She appeared on television in Pepito Manaloto and The General’s Daughter.

Sister had sought prayers for recovery

In July, Misalucha said her sister had been hospitalized with serious complications and asked the public to pray for her recovery.

Karlyn Scali said in a September post that Bayot-De Castro had been battling primary myelofibrosis, a rare bone marrow cancer that affects blood-cell production. The announcement did not specify a cause of death.

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