A heart attack was the cause of death. Caritina Goyanes46 years old, just a few hours ago in the province of Malaga. After the tragedy of losing his father Carlos Goyanes, While she was taking a nap at her home in Marbella, also due to a heart attack, misfortune once again struck the Goyanes Lapique family with the terrible tragedy of the death of the businesswoman and mother of two children. It was her husband Antonio Matos who found her in a very serious condition and decided to immediately take her to a hospital where they could do nothing to save her life. Nobody could believe the news. The first few hours were chaotic and it was unthinkable that a happy woman, proud of her family and successful with her catering company, with which she has been working for decades, would die so quickly and without time to do anything.
The family had not yet gotten over the loss of Carlos Goyanes and were now preparing to return to Madrid, where they wanted to hold a funeral so that all the friends and family who were unable to say goodbye to him in Marbella could attend. Precisely to overcome the tremendous pain and absence that Cari felt, she decided to leave these days with her sister. Miriam to the house that the latter has in Formentor (Mallorca), where they have spent a few quiet days. Unfortunately, Cari and her sister Miriam are now also united by the fact that they are both widows and hence the total connection they had had these days in Formentor.
As the news of Caritina’s death spread, the phones have not stopped ringing among all her friends and family. Nuria Gonzalezwith whom I have been able to speak, assures me, broken with grief, that several close friends from Cadiz were preparing to travel immediately to Malaga to meet with the family. The Trapote couple, who are in Marbella, are also waiting to find out whether Caritina’s mortal remains will finally be laid to rest in the San Pedro funeral home, where Carlos Goyanes was laid to rest just 19 days ago. Too hard to be true.
The latest information suggests that it was her husband who, seeing that Caritina was not responding while she was in the pool at home, decided to rush her to a hospital, where they could no longer save her life. The couple has two children, Pedro, 13, and mini Cari, 10. They were united and happy. And I say this to refute the information in very bad taste that even pointed to a conflict in the family. It is not true. Caritina was a woman of tremendous faith and not only did she not hide it, but she proclaimed to the four winds her adoration of God and the happiness and joy that her faith gave her. She was also passionate about the Emmaus meetings, a retreat that, she claimed, had changed her life.
Caritina had everything, but she left us too soon. She was a fighter, a hard worker, and that’s it. She had assumed that her body would always be heavier than she would like. A few years ago she was even the face of some weight loss diet brand and proclaimed herself an ambassador, posing for a series of photos while following this treatment. But her efforts did not last long and she always showed herself to be a happy woman without any kind of complex. She only complained that the extra kilos were often a problem, especially when her children were small and she needed to be more agile. Just as her mother is very close to her sister Miriam, the bond between Carla and Caritina was just as strong. The two daughters of Carlos and Cari were always thick as thieves, both as children and teenagers or as mothers and professionals. Their characters could be very different but the complicity and affection was enormous.
Today, Carla is not only mourning the death of a father whom she found dead while he was taking a nap, but she also has to accept that her sister Caritina will no longer be by her side. Only the drama of Lola Flores and her son Antonio González can be compared to a tragedy of this magnitude. Except for the circumstances, the fact that a family loses two such important members is a blow that few know how to accept. Only faith for believers and time for the rest of us mortals will be the balm that will cushion some of the deep pain.
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