“He hasn’t been able to see Madrid’s new stadium”

Jimmy Giménez-Arnau passed away this Tuesday, September 17, at the age of 80. The news has taken his friends of the deceased by surprise. Save methat since As if we were Shhh They have announced and regretted the news. Belén Esteban has immediately contacted the widow, the journalist Sandra Salgado, to whom Giménez-Arnau had been married since 2013.

“Thank you very much Belén. I didn’t get to see Madrid’s new stadium, but oh well. A big hug.”the journalist replied, thanking the people for their messages of support and talking about one of her husband’s last wishes, which sadly he has not been able to fulfill.

Jimmy was 35 years older than his wife. The commentator met his wife thanks to the program Sweet Life (Telecinco) in 2007. After Salgado convinced his boss to have him on, he did the pre-interview that was done with any other guest. They spoke on the phone for two hours and as soon as they saw each other, the spark of love blossomed and worked its magic, changing their lives forever. “Sandra is the woman I have loved the most in my entire life, the most serious, responsible and hard-working of all the women I have been with,” Jimmy himself explained in an interview on Telecinco. HelloThey got married in the Municipal Council of the Fuencarral district (Madrid), in secret and under the guise of an exclusive photographic session.

The journalist – a regular on legendary programs such as Where are you, sweetheart?, Save me o The Ferris Wheel – turned 80 this weekend, on Saturday 14 September, and the cause of his death is currently unknown. The son of a diplomat, Jimmy became particularly well-known for his relationship with Merry Martínez-Bordiú. They married on 3 August 1977 in the chapel of Plazo de Meirás, in A Coruña, and from this union, which lasted until 1982, their only daughter was born, Leticia Giménez-Arnau Martínez Bordiú, with whom Jimmy had not had a relationship for years. In his second marriage, the charismatic journalist, passionate about football and Real Madrid, was married to María Teresa Fernández Peral, from whom he separated in 1993 after starting their relationship in 1987.