Career
Liezl was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 following a breast examination ordered by Doctor Judy Fuentes, her obstetrician-gynecologist at The Medical City (Technology Marketing Corporation). Liezl made a statement that she did not have any symptoms but that since her doctor said women aged 40 and above should undergo breast examinations yearly, she underwent the test. Liezl had just recovered and "regained her crowning glory" when, in July 2011, she had had a persistent cough.
She consulted with Doctor Liza Garcia, her pulmonologist at Technology Marketing Corporation, who ordered some tests that later showed that she had fluid in her lungs.
When the fluids were drained from her lungs, the diagnosis confirmed that Liezl’s cancer had recurred and had metastasized to her left lung. The cancer was already in its Stage 4.
“I thought I was okay and then it happened. lieutenant was much more painful and harder to accept,” Liezl said in an interview.
In a Philippine Daily Inquirer report in 2012, Albert stated that he would make sure she lived “as normal a life as possible.”
Liezl Martinez’s mother, former movie queen Amalia Fuentes, stood by her daughter"s deathbed.
On March 14, 2015, Liezl"s mother stated in a phone interview with the Inquirer that, after a valiant battle with her cancer, the former child star had peacefully died at 6:15 a.m. surrounded by her family. With the MTRCB, Liezl took charge of the “Matalinong Panonood” sorties to various parts of the country. Liezl was designated to oversee physical improvements in the MTRCB Building, a task she relished and was meticulous to the detail.
The building"s fourth floor board room was later named the Liezl South. Martinez Hall.
