María del Carmen García Galisteo, better known as Carmen Sevilla, passed away this Tuesday, June 27, at the age of 92. She did it at the Jiménez Díaz Foundation, where she was admitted last Sunday due to the long illness she suffered. With this, she says goodbye to one of the most well-known and beloved actresses and presenters on the Spanish scene.
After her loss, there have been many familiar faces and friends who have wanted to say goodbye to her. However, many will only be able to do so from their homes due to the decision made by Augusto Algueró. The singer's son sent a statement a few hours ago stating that her farewell will be done from "the strictest privacy".
"Now the end has come and we have to say goodbye to her. We will do it in a strictly intimate and familiar way. I know that you will respect our wishes, just as you have done so far. We greatly appreciate your understanding and all your love", has announced the statement that Carmen Sevilla's son has sent to the EFE agency.
With this, Augusto Algueró has decided that very few people will be able to come close to say their last goodbye to the presenter. The wake will not be public and not all the friends of Seville will be able to say goodbye. A decision that, although it is respected by all his loved ones, has sown some controversy.
The Ana Rosa Program has been connecting live with various friends of Carmen Sevilla so that they could publicly say goodbye to her. However, all have agreed that they do not fully agree with the decision made by Augusto Algueró.
"Augusto is a very shy and discreet person. I proposed something else, but he wanted it to be that way," Moncho Ferrer, a friend of the presenter for 52 years, began to recount.
Visibly affected, he has assured that he "would have liked all of Spain to have said goodbye to Carmen", but that it is a decision that he has to respect. Of course, he praises that the actress's son kept his mother away from the media focus during the last years of her life.
But Moncho Ferrer has not been the only friend of Carmen Sevilla who has wanted to rule on this decision. Marily Coll, friend and stylist of the actress, has made a live connection with the program presented by Ana Rosa Quintana in which he has made her position clear: he would have loved to say goodbye to her.
“It didn't seem logical to me. That they can make a selection of people or that they want to avoid the crowd, okay. But I think she would have liked very much to see familiar faces who were going to see her and say a prayer to her," Coll said. "But you have to respect what they decide," she added with resignation.
Someone who has been able to come to the funeral home to say goodbye to Carmen Sevilla has been her driver for more than 20 years, Tino. Affected by the situation, he has not hesitated to offer a few words in front of the cameras. He has wanted to make it clear that he has enjoyed a lot with her during his years working alongside her.
But he could not miss the opportunity to comment on the secrecy that exists around the journalist. "There is no information. All the information is held by Augusto," she wanted to reproach. "Augusto is closed and does not pick up the phone from anyone", she has concluded, before going in to say goodbye to her friend.
