MANILA, Nov. 15 -- Veteran actress and humanitarian Rosa Rosal died on Saturday after succumbing to septic shock secondary to pneumonia and kidney failure, her family confirmed.

She was 97.

Rosal died at 9:17 a.m. at Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City, according to her grandson, William Thio.

Thio told the Philippine News Agency she had no major illness despite being bedridden but developed pneumonia on Friday.

"She was not sick. There was no underlying condition other than Alzheimer's or dementia," he said.

"Yesterday, nagsuka lang sya (she just vomited). Siguro nag-aspirate (maybe she aspirated). She's 97. So, para bang pumasok sa lungs, developed pneumonia (it went into her lungs and she developed pneumonia). It was s...