The death of businessman Fernando Fernández Tapias at the age of 84 has left his family and loved ones in shock. Although it was known that the Galician had delicate health and that since the pandemic he had to be careful with any type of complication, no one around him expected such a quick end for him.
His death has left a widow broken by pain and a divided family, as well as countless public faces in Spain’s upper echelons very sad to say goodbye to one of the most important businessmen in our country.
Although at first the reason for his death was not disclosed and it was only explained to the press that the veteran entrepreneur had different coronary problems, a reporter from the team of Ana Rosa Quintana’s program explained yesterday in TardeAR that he had suffered a heart attack, as well as The presenter made it clear that he had been a happy and very “cared for” man: “I have not met a more cared for person. Both for Nuria, as well as for Nuria’s sister and her young children. It was a totally unexpected death. “The family is in shock.”
The special envoy told the audience that, in the La Paz funeral home, there was an atmosphere of total sadness and frustration and that people did not stop arriving who wanted to say goodbye to the man from Vigo.
The death of the businessman has once again put on the table the bad relationship he had with his three oldest children. In 2021, they tried to incapacitate his father without success, something that Fernández Tapias never forgave them. “He did not want to have them at his funeral and he left it in writing,” said sources close to the deceased.
According to witnesses who were at the funeral home, yesterday there was a very tense moment in the place because someone close to Nuria González (the widow) rebuked Fernando, Borja and Íñigo (Tapias’ children, the result of his first marriage with Chiqui de la Riva) their presence and invited them to leave the facilities.
As explained in the previously mentioned Telecinco program, those close to Fefé and his wife only wanted to carry out his will: ”The widow only wanted her husband’s will to be respected and has tried to prevent them from entering the coffin room. . He left in writing that he did not want his older children at his funeral.” It has also been learned that the wreath of flowers they bought were removed from the scene.
The family dispute began when the businessman dismissed his three oldest children from their positions in the family businesses in favor of another of his children and González. After a tough legal battle in which the descendants asked for total incapacitation, Tapias won, but agreed to partial incapacitation and for his wife and a partner to control his medical and legal-administrative decisions.
