The Mexican singer Joan Sebastian passed away at the age of 64, the artist who in recent years was full of tragedies goes to his grave with a «secret of love», peace in his grave.
Five days before his death, Padrino, the horse that accompanied him to the shows, passed away. For this reason, his son José Manuel Figueroa assured on Twitter that the singer did not die of cancer: «He died of the blows that life gave him in the heart.»
My dad did not die of cancer, he died of the blows that life gave him in the heart.
– Jose Manuel Figueroa (@JoseManFigueroa) July 14, 2015
The illness suffered by the singer (whose first name is the same as his son) was not an impediment for him to continue giving concerts.
In fact, last year he made the famous tour ‘The last maroma’, in which he presented the popular show for the last time with his horse Padrino, while undergoing chemotherapy treatments that greatly weakened him, according to information from TV and novels.
GODFATHER, you no longer need the public or the voice of @JoanSebastian to fly, today, you have wings RIP beautiful steed pic.twitter.com/OJcfj0z8dB
– Jose Manuel Figueroa (@JoseManFigueroa) July 8, 2015
the death of their children
The first occurred in August 2006, when Wheat by Jesus Figueroa was coordinating security at a presentation of his father, in Texas (United States), and denied entry to the show to a group of fans who wanted to enter by force, according to CNN Mexico. Later, a man arrived and shot him in the head. Wheat of Jesus was 27 years old.
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Juan Sebastian (32 years old), For his part, he was killed after arguing with the employees of a bar located in Cuernavaca (Mexico) and who wanted to enter. In the middle of the altercation, one of the workers at the place took out a 9 mm pistol and shot the singer’s son in the neck and abdomen, CNN Mexico reported at the time.
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These two deaths caused Joan Sebastian to live in fear that her other two children (Jose Manuel and Julian) suffered the same fate.
“In the early mornings I get scared when José Manuel or Julián go to the disco… Yes, yes”said the singer in an interview quoted by Tv y Novelas, last year.
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I am not afraid of any retaliation, because that has never happened, but of life itself, of the things that happen on the street, «he added.
Taken from Pulse