From 1979 to 2001, Lauren, who had since reverted to the use of his given name, Roger Lawrence Strunk, was married to Nida Blanca, a leading Filipino film actress whom Lauren met during the filming of Once Before I Die. After Blanca's body was discovered on November 6, 2001 in the parking lot inside a San Juan City parking garage (she had been stabbed to death), Lauren soon emerged as a suspect behind the killing.[1][2]
He moved back to the United States and was able to successfully fight extradition to the Philippines to face trial for the murder. Other suspects were later charged.[3][4]
On July 11, 2007, Lauren committed suicide by jumping from a second-floor balcony of the Tracy Inn in Tracy, California, where he had been staying for the previous three days.[5]
lauren, roger, lawrence, strunk, march, 1941, july, 2007, popularly, known, american, actor, singer, birth, nameroger, lawrence, strunkborn, 1941, march, 1941fresno, california, diedjuly, 2007, 2007, aged, tracy, california, genrespopoccupation, singer, actory. Roger Lawrence Rod Strunk March 20 1941 July 11 2007 popularly known as Rod Lauren was an American actor and singer Rod LaurenBirth nameRoger Lawrence StrunkBorn 1941 03 20 March 20 1941Fresno California U S DiedJuly 11 2007 2007 07 11 aged 66 Tracy California U S GenresPopOccupation s Singer actorYears active1958 2007LabelsRCA Victor As an actor he worked mostly in television appearing in single episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Combat and Gomer Pyle U S M C amongst others during the 1960s Lauren s most notable film is The Crawling Hand 1963 which achieved latter day notoriety when it was featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000 As a singer Lauren is a one hit wonder who hit 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the song If I Had a Girl in 1960 and performed twice on The Ed Sullivan Show that year From 1979 to 2001 Lauren who had since reverted to the use of his given name Roger Lawrence Strunk was married to Nida Blanca a leading Filipino film actress whom Lauren met during the filming of Once Before I Die After Blanca s body was discovered on November 6 2001 in the parking lot inside a San Juan City parking garage she had been stabbed to death Lauren soon emerged as a suspect behind the killing 1 2 He moved back to the United States and was able to successfully fight extradition to the Philippines to face trial for the murder Other suspects were later charged 3 4 On July 11 2007 Lauren committed suicide by jumping from a second floor balcony of the Tracy Inn in Tracy California where he had been staying for the previous three days 5 References Edit Charge Medel Strunk DOJ Sunstar com ph NIDA BLANCA MURDER IT S STILL STRUNK MEDEL AFTER ALL Newsflash org Justice Junks Plea of Suspect in Actress Slay Case Sunstar com ph Two More Charged in Nida Murder Newsflash org Tracy Press Obituaries Archived from the original on 2012 11 13 Retrieved 2012 09 23 External links EditRod Lauren at IMDb Rod Lauren at AllMusic This article about a United States film and television actor born in the 1940s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rod Lauren amp oldid 1115814387, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
