Antonio González Flores lost his life on May 30, 1995, fourteen days after his mother, the iconic Spanish dancer and singer Lola Flores. The also singer and actor could not overcome the loss of the woman in his life and died from an overdose of barbiturates and alcohol. Father of the well-known actress Alba Flores, he would go down in history as the only son of the singer and guitarist El Pescaílla. His music style was pop-rock with singer-songwriter overtones and his lyrics revolved around love, nostalgia and his most personal experiences.
Shortly after his death in 1995, his album Cosas mías became the best-selling album of the year in Spain; As a composer Flores went through many different genres, such as rock, ballads, bossa nova and even blues. In his cameos as an actor, he came to participate in important quinqui cinema films, such as Colleagues, by Eloy de la Iglesia. He also participated in the film Sangre y arena, based on the novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, directed by Javier Elorrieta and starring Sharon Stone.
His recognition as a singer-songwriter and composer came to him through his sisters Lolita and Rosario, with whom he shared a special bond and for whom he composed entire albums. With the nineties a new stage began in the life of the artist, giving himself an improvement on a personal and professional level. With Cosas mías he released songs like Cuerpo de mujer and Alba, dedicated to his daughter.
Many wonder what Antonio Flores would look like if the singer-songwriter were alive today. Applications like FaceApp or other generative artificial intelligence help us get an idea of what his face would be like. La Vanguardia has used the Stable Diffusion tool to recreate what Antonio Flores would be like today if he had not died prematurely.
After the composer's tragic death, Rosario, his younger sister, declared that Antonio's powerful relationship with his mother Lola prevented her from overcoming her loss. The singer also declared that her brother "was taken by my mother, she told him you're coming with me and he said yes, I'm leaving. He always said that when mom left, he would leave. I didn't know how to live without my mother ".
