The actress Itziar Castro She stopped breathing in the early hours of last Friday at the age of 46 while preparing a charity synchronized swimming show for Christmas with Ana Tarrés, a leader in world synchronized swimming and former deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia. An autopsy was performed on Saturday and, this Monday, her mother clarified the reason for her death.
“It was a sudden death. He died happy (…) His heart exploded and mine is going to explode too”has regretted Lucía Rivadulla. Family and friends say their last intimate farewell in Barcelona after the funeral chapel that was set up this Sunday for the entire public in the town of Pallejà.
Rivadulla has clarified that her daughter did not have any health problems beyond the lipedema that she suffered and for which she planned to undergo surgery: “She had no problem. She had been serious about having surgery and was following the treatment in a clinic, but it was external and not internal. He did not take medication and he did not take anything. As a mother that I am, when they brought me his luggage he only had medication for the flu. He did not take medication at all. He had a very healthy life, fat, but healthy. He did not smoke. “I didn't drink.” Lucía also asked Tarrés what her daughter's “last words” were. The former swimmer told him that “she was happy, talking about the show that she was going to do very well.”
About her death, the actress's best friend, the director Frankie de Leonardialso explained this weekend, before knowing the results of the autopsy: “He was in the pool, he didn't feel well, he decompensated and there was nothing to do”. De Leonardi was also in charge of announcing the death of the Goya nominee in 2018 through social networks at the request of her mother.
The emotion and fortitude of Lucía Rivadulla
The emotion and fortitude of the actress's mother has moved social networks: “Itziar was very strong. I am very bicha and all the parents of homosexuals, of gay people, those parents who reject their children… When My daughter was 14 years old, my husband told me, 'Hey Lucía, I think Itziar is…' and I answered, 'Do you know now? I've known for a long time,' my daughter never had to tell me 'mom, I'm like this or I'm like that', those parents who think… Each one is as they are and she is as she was. Nothing else. Where he is, I don't know, he will be with me“, he also said this Sunday at the doors of the Pal ·ladius Hall in Pallejà, where the burning chapel was installed. It must be remembered that the interpreter of Skins, Vis a vis o Paquitas Salas She was deeply committed to feminism, LGTBIQ+ rights and the fight against fatphobia.
Among all the reactions to his death, that of the kings Philip VI y Joywho sent the family a telegram conveying their condolences: “We received the sad news of the death of Itziar Castro, a charismatic actress whose enormous talent earned her a Goya nomination as a revelation performer. It was a cinematographic discovery, but also a social example for his ability to reach the Spanish public through his performance and speech.. With our recognition of his career, we want to extend to the entire family, in these difficult times, our sincere condolences, which we extend to all his friends and colleagues.”
manelbrother of the artist, said about it this Sunday: “I can't say anything yet because this topic is more familiar, but the recognition of the Royal House in favor of my sister It is a great medal in the fight because a republican and lesbian in the Royal House… Where has that been seen?. The Glory of her. “I have no further comments to say.”