“This is nothing compared to everything that has happened to you in your life.”

The relationship between the two has always been a source of talk due to the alleged tensions that surfaced between them as two of the great figures that our music has produced. Gossip or not about these tensions, the truth is that both respect and admire each other as artists and one more example has arrived this Wednesday, with the message that the singer of I am a scoundrel, I am a lord has dedicated to the artist from Linares, who was admitted to the hospital this Wednesday after feeling unwell while recording David Broncano’s Christmas special on TVE’s La 1. Both Raphael and Julio Iglesias are 81 years old, the former turns in May while the latter in September.

“Dear Raphael, you have been in many wars and you have won them all, thank God”he wrote at the beginning of his message, and then added: “This is nothing, it is temporary compared to everything that has happened to you in life, a champion of your category, such a great champion, can do everything”.

And he continued: “I wish you to recover now, immediately, and that you end this year singing to so many people who love you. I admire you and I love you very much, my life partner.”.

It must be remembered that Raphael has suffered other health problems in recent decades. In the mid-80s, the health of the singer my big night She was affected by Hepatitis B, but it was alcohol that caused her to deteriorate more and more as the new millennium entered. Finally, the transplant arrived and the singer began a new life.

The artist was singing this Friday and this Saturday at the Wizink Center in Madrid (from now on Movistar Arena), where he was going to say goodbye to his audience until next May 2025. The start of his tour was scheduled for the 31st of that month in Almería and has stops in Albacete, Marbella, Cádiz or Santander, among many others. In recent days we have seen him in The Anthill and in different events such as the one on December 11, when he was awarded Man of the Year by the magazine Esquire. The event took place at the Royal Tapestry Factory in Madrid, where he attended accompanied by his granddaughter.

This Tuesday, the artist of Scandal He was promoting his new project on TVE when he began to feel unwell. The emergency services arrived immediately and urgently transferred him to the Clinical Hospital, where he was admitted for “a cerebrovascular episode with a reserved prognosis.” His sons, Manuel and Jacobo, went to the hospital immediately and it was this Wednesday morning when we saw his wife, Natalia Figueroa, arrive. It has been ruled out that the singer suffered a stroke, according to The World. He spent the night well and is out of danger.