Eugenio was one of the most recognized and prominent comedians in the history of Spain. With the help of his iconic cigarette and a more than remembered beginning of jokes, “El saber que diu…”, the native of Barcelona conquered all possible corners and earned a place in the great list of national comedians. His life ended on March 11, 2001, following a heart attack that he suffered while eating with some friends in a restaurant.
In this sense, the practically irreversible damage that fame did to his figure is well known. Four years earlier, in 1997, he was diagnosed with cancer, chronic depression, and several strokes. The second aspect was responsible for isolating him from the rest of society and scenes, to the point of separating from his wife at the time, Conchita Ruiz. A woman who has come to And now Sonsoles to explain what happened.
Conchita was the comedian's second wife, from whom he separated after both began to lead different lives. The interviewee commented with Sonsoles Ónega that she knew about Eugenio's habits with other women, even since they started being together. However, she considered that that was not the main problem she had to deal with, but the bad company she would end up hanging out with.
“He began to surround himself with people that I didn't know, people who didn't contribute anything to me, somehow we started to lead different lives, him on one side and me on the other,” he explained, deciding that it was better to leave with his children. Ruiz highlighted that during the first 7 or 8 years he was surrounded by his family and good friends, but later the situation began to go wrong. “He would go down to the basement and surround himself with inappropriate people,” he said.
Likewise, he confessed that he would like to erase the last two years of their relationship from his memory, despite not having an eraser available to do so. Likewise, she also pointed out that her departure occurred without having spoken with him, despite having received some very notable signals. “He never told me to go away but he put my suitcases at the door,” Conchita said, confirming that the love between them was broken.
Conchita Ruiz has not been the only person to remember Eugenio 23 years after his death. Gerard Jofra, son of the comedian with Conchita Alcaide, highlighted the figure of his father in a recent TikTok Contra de La Vanguardia. “My parents performed at night, I was a baby and they planted me on the bar of the pub, in a cuckoo, and I saw bottles of alcohol and tobacco smoke,” he said, ensuring that his mother was the main driver of his success. of the.
