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Liezl had just recovered and "regained her crowning glory" when, in July 2011, she had had a persistent cough. She consulted with Dr. Liza Garcia, her pulmonologist at The
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The building's fourth floor board room was later named the Liezl S. Martinez Hall. Christening rights were held on the March 25, 2015, two days before what would have been her 48th birthday; in attendance were her husband, Albert; children
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