has suffered a stroke after recording a special program on Tuesday, according to what he announced The Spanish and Madrid police and emergency sources confirmed to EL PAÍS, who explained that he is “with a reserved prognosis.” After being treated in the ambulance, the artist, who has two massive concerts planned this weekend, has been transferred to the San Carlos Clinical Hospital, in Madrid.
A TVE spokesperson explained that “he was recording the program, he did not feel well and he went out on his own to take the ambulance.” Sources from Samur in Madrid confirmed, for their part, that a person of about 80 years of age had been treated for a “cerebrovascular pathology on Tres Cruces Street”, where the hospital is located. The curious people have recorded the ambulances with their cell phones at the moment in which he was treated.
The interview with the artist from Linares (Jaén), however, was not the one planned for the day of recording, but rather the Christmas special of The revolt which, despite being filmed this Tuesday, was scheduled to be broadcast on December 25. Raphael is a classic face of Spanish Christmas, and in particular that of TVE, since the special. Just last November he recorded the famous carol again in an open-air concert in his native Linares.
Raphael He is one of the four artists in the world who has a uranium record for having sold more than 50 million copies throughout his career. In 2003, the singer recognized for My big night, Let’s talk about love, Whatever they say, Scandal o I am thatone of the most popular on the Spanish scene, needed a liver transplant to put an end to hepatitis B, a disease that he had suffered since he was 20 years old: “That has been the opportunity for me to continue living much better than before and to enjoy things much better than before. “Something that was very dramatic became a great opportunity.”
After more than 60 years of career, this year he released his eighty-sixth album, Yesterday… Stillrecorded in Paris, a tribute to French song and its great idols: Piaf, Aznavour, Bécaud, Brel… while continuing its eternal , which was scheduled to put the finishing touch at the Wizink Center this weekend, 20 and 21 December, in two massive concerts. For the moment, the concerts are still going on, and among their plans for 2025 is to premiere their new show, Raphaelísimo, whose tour begins in May.
This December, furthermore: “My voice has always been my best ally, allowing me to explore my limits and constantly evolve. I have never been interested in simply being a singer who sounds good, I have always tried to be a performer who moves, shakes and awakens feelings, because in music, as in life, the essential thing is not perfection, but truth. And in that search for authenticity is where the true power of interpretation lies.”
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