The death of Carmen Sevilla leaves a considerable void in the general television, musical and artistic panorama of Spain. An iconic figure, that she fell in love with half the country in her heyday and that she once again stood out with force thanks to ‘Cinema de barrio’. The last years of her have been silent, dealing with Alzheimer’s apart from public life, and yesterday Tuesday her life went out. A sad event that has raised a dense cloud of cross statements.
In a statement issued this Wednesday morning, her son Augusto Algueró announced that there would be no large-scale public or private funeral or tribute: “We will say goodbye to her in an intimate and familiar way. I know that you will respect our will, as you have done so far. We really appreciate your understanding and all your love.” The decision has generated reactions of understanding, grief and pity. But also a forceful criticism against the attitude of the family.
Florentino Fernández, alias Tino or Tinico, was Carmen Sevilla’s personal driver for the last twenty years. A figure close to the artist and her relatives, who he has attacked against the decision to fire her without a chapel, funeral or wake. “I can’t say it because I respect her a lot, I love her a lot and she’s not worth it, but I think Carmen deserved a farewell to her as the lady she was and for the figure she was,” he confessed.
The driver has inquired into the penalty that he feels that there is not even the slightest gesture directed at the singer and presenter: “She really liked bouquets of flowers and there is not a bouquet of flowers for Carmen, but well… Her son decided that it be so and we will respect it, and that’s it. She deserved a farewell worthy of who she was, María del Carmen García Galisteo. Carmen Sevilla deserved a farewell as God intended”.
Faced with this situation, Tino has targeted Carmen’s son directly, who was in charge of issuing the statement. “There is no information. All the information is held by Augusto and Augusto is closed, he does not pick up the phone from anyone,” he commented. He had even approached the Pozuelo de Alarcón funeral home, where he has responded to Europa Press, even with the doubt in his head that the artist’s mortal remains were not there.
Even so, the driver has also been able to speak positively about the presenter, particularly when journalists have asked him for anecdotes from his experience. “I have enjoyed a lot, I think I have the best of Carmen’s television stage. It was a return to the field where she spent many years without doing anything and she knew how to earn the love and respect of the public, the media and the whole world, “she said before the microphones.
