Actress Silvia Tortosa dies at 77 after a tough fight against cancer

Silvia Tortosa He died this Saturday at the age of 77 in Barcelona after a long fight against cancer. The Union of Actors and Actresses was the one who communicated the sad news through ‘X’, the old Twitter. The actress, known for roles in emblematic series such as Pharmacy open o Madrid burns, underwent surgery in 2019 for breast cancer after finding a lump during an examination. Since that health downturn, the singer also remained in a discreet background.

“Silvia Tortosa dies at 77 years old. The actress had a long professional career in film, theater and television. From the Union, our most sincere condolences. Rest in peace mate“, revealed the Union of Actors and Actresses through a statement on social networks.

From their representation agency they have also published a letter reporting the sad news: “We regret to have to inform that our beloved Silvia Tortosa has died today, March 23, in Barcelona, ​​after a hard fight against cancer, which she carried out with the utmost discretion. We want to convey her gratitude and affection to all her friends, loved ones, admirers and media, who always loved and supported Silvia during her 60 years of profession“.

The actress’s funeral chapel will be next Monday, March 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Room 6 of the Les Corts Mortuary, in Barcelona. The burial will take place at 1:30 p.m. in the Montjuic cemetery, as indicated by the Tortosa representation team.

His long fight against cancer

In 2019, Silvia Tortosa confessed for the magazine Readings How did you find out about your illness? “In a routine self-examination that I have been doing since I was young, I detected a lump in my left breast. I was a month and a half away from attending my annual review. It was like receiving a slap“, he stated.

Shortly after, Silvia, better known as ‘the muse of uncovering’, sat on the set of Sálvame Deluxe to tell about his fight against cancer. In the aforementioned space he revealed that one of the first people he called was his great friend Maria Teresa Campos to find out which doctors had treated Terelu Campos.

However, the actress did not admit to María Teresa Campos that she was suffering from cancer and took advantage of her intervention in the program to apologize.”I hope Teresa forgives me for not telling her that when I asked her about the doctors who treated Terelu that I had been diagnosed with the same thing.“, he stated. It must be remembered that the eldest daughter of the ‘queen of the mornings’ was diagnosed in 2012 with breast cancer in the right breast. In 2018, Terelu was once again affected by the disease.