Cesar Lacbu Nucum

Cesar Lacbu Nucum (May 15, 1938 – May 17, 2007), better known as Kuya Cesar, was a Filipino radio personality. He was also known as "Speed Bagal".

Early life Cesar Lacbu Nucum was born on May 15, 1938, at Pansinao in Candaba, Pampanga. He is the eldest son of Aurelio and Romana Nucum. Before being a radio announcer, he used to sell balut and was also a scrap collector, collecting old newspaper and used bottles to be sold at their local junk shop, at his hometown. He came to Manila and worked as a construction painter before getting the job as a radio announcer after he auditioned at DZMM, with the help of his very distinctive voice. He is considered as one of the station's pioneers which includes Noli de Castro and Ernie Baron. He kept the job for many decades.

His career was shortly seized when ABS-CBN shut down in 1972 due to martial law. In the 1970s and 80s, Kuya Cesar joined IBC-13 where he was the station manager of DWAN 1206. When ABS-CBN reopened in 1986 after the EDSA People Power Revolution, he returned to DZMM. 12am-4 am, and Ikaw sa Likod ng mga Awit, 12:30pm-4 pm. He won several awards in his radio announcer career.

He also appeared in movies like Bala at Lipstick in 1994, Nucum died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 69. Efforts to revive him were done but upon arrival at Capitol Medical Center he was pronounced dead. He was interred at Himlayang Pilipino in Quezon City.