Carmen Sevilla's son talks about the artist's last hours: "She received extreme unction"

The world of culture has been inconsolable since this Tuesday, June 27, when the light of carmen sevilla faded forever. Her only son, Augusto Algueróhas issued a statement hours before his mother is cremated in the strictest privacy at the Pozuelo de Alarcón funeral home.

“I want to thank the dedication and professionalism of the medical team that has been treating my mother at the Jiménez Díaz Foundation and the Management and all the staff who have cared for her during her last years at the Orpea Aravaca residence,” she told the media. of communication to thank the expressions of affection received: “It is something that I will never forget”, he pointed out.

On the other hand, he has given details of how the last hours of the actress, singer and presenter were, who died this Tuesday at the age of 92: “I am very at peace that, as a Catholic, she received extreme unction before his demise.”

It must be remembered that Carmen suffered from Alzheimer’s since 2009 and in 2010 she made the decision to leave neighborhood cinema and to withdraw from public life. In 2015 she entered her nursing home where she has spent the last years of her life until this Sunday she was transferred to the Jiménez Díaz Foundation due to a worsening in her health.

“Throughout this long and painful process for all of us and, especially, for me, you have respected the privacy that the family has asked of you. Now the end has come and we have to say goodbye to her,” Augusto added. .

In this way, he explained how his farewell will be, just as discreet as his last years: “We will do it in a strictly intimate and familiar way. I know that you will respect our will, as you have done up to now. We are very grateful for your understanding and all your affection”, has sentenced.

Augusto Algueró is the artist’s only son, the result of her first marriage to the famous composer of the same name. Contrary to other folkloric and eternal figures of Spanish culture such as Rocio Jurado, Lola Flores, sarah montiel o Veronica Forquéwho died in December 2021, the former presenter of Cine de Barrio will not have a public wake so that her friends can fire her or a burning chapel open to anyone who wants to get close.