24 years have passed since the accident that changed the life of Gloria Estefan. The singer is today in a time of maturity and personal fullness. But before the 7 grammys, his star on the walk of fame and his more than 100 million records sold, a tragic moment happened from which, fortunately, he has recovered. It was 1990 when, in full success of his musical career and while he was on a North American tour, Gloria Estefan He suffered serious injuries to his back after the bus he was traveling in was hit by a tractor. Her husband emily he was wounded as was his son Nayib. Gloria was away from the stage for more than two years and was operated on multiple occasions.
ran 1990 when, in full success of his musical career and while he was on a North American tour, Gloria Estefan He suffered serious injuries to his back after the bus he was traveling in was hit by a tractor. Her husband Emilio was injured as well as her son Nayib. Gloria was away from the stage for more than two years and was operated on multiple occasions.
Until last year, Gloria Estefan had not spoken in depth about the subject. She did it on the most popular show in the world: ‘Oprah’s Next Chapter’. She stated on the show:
“He did not separate from me at any time. She helped me stand up and walk around every 45 minutes because she couldn’t sleep for more than that time without waking up from the pain. She sat me down, helped me bathe, lie down, change my position. She helped me move”
He then stressed the validity of his example.
“At first I just wanted to walk again. Then I thought: maybe this is the reason I rose to fame: to go through such a difficult experience under the watchful eye of public opinion and show the rest of the world all the power that we have inside and the way in which that we can change our destiny”
His musical career has a before and after the accident
The record company, which did not know to what extent the accident could affect the career of Gloria Estefan, made a disk successes of Gloria Estefanwhich sold 1 million copies.
His recovery, slow and complicated, could not be settled with better personal and musical results. An example of overcoming and impetus to live. A time of family fullness was accompanied by the success of his greatest hits in English, greatest hits, and that of his first album in Spanish, Mi Tierra, recorded in the style of Cuba in the 1950s.
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Since then, the career Gloria Estefan has been marked by success. disks like Destiny o Opening doors, in the mid-90s, they testify to it. On September 10 last year, Sony Masterworks released The Standards, his latest work, which commemorated the great melodies of the American songbook.
What is certain is that Gloria Estefan’s career was marked by that accident, and that from the happy overcoming of the event, some of the great songs of Latin and world music were born. At Vibra we congratulate ourselves for this.
Estefan documented the near tragedy on the hit single Coming out of the Dark part of the album, Into the Light:
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