The famous public relations Richy Castellanos has gathered 465 celebrities and athletes to send their congratulations to Julio Iglesias on his 80th birthday. Among them were Rafa Nadal, Xavi Hernández and Sergio Busquets. But also Joan Laporta, president of Barça, who also dares to sing in his congratulations to Julio Iglesias.
“Julio… You are a champion. You will always be. Thank you for making people feel, and for feeling. Never stop feeling. You already know,” Laporta told Julio Iglesias before starting to sing “Happy birthday to you.” …Happy Birthday dear Julio, happy birthay to you'” in the purest style of Marilyn Monroe to President John F. Kennedy in 1962 with her historic “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.” “I’m not Marilyn (Monroe), but I wanna. I love you friend. Happy Birthday. Per molts anys”, Joan Laporta said goodbye to Julio Iglesias.
Richy Castellanos Castellanos got congratulations for Julios Iglesias from celebrities as disparate or different as Infanta Elena, the king emeritus, Juan Carlos I, Matías Prats, Kira Miró, Juanma Castaño, Iñaki Gabilondo or Joaquín Prat.
Among the list of athletes and figures from the world of sports who participated are Rafa Nadal, Fernando Verdasco, Feliciano López, Carlos Moyá, Carolina Marín, Gemma Mengual, Perico Delgado, Maravilla Martínez, Javier Castillejo, Xavi Hernández, Enrique Cerezo, Miguel Ángel Gil, Busquets, Marcos Alonso, Courtois, Oblak, Papu Gómez, el Toro Acuña, José Castro, Joaquín Sánchez, Sergio Canales, Schuster, Sepp Maier, Iribar, Zubizarreta, Reina, Cañizares, Reinildo Mandava, Ruggeri, Burruchaga, Fillol or Pumpido .
“I woke up thinking: ‘I have to give something to Julio Iglesias, something special.’ I thought about making a video of friends from many parts of the world and I got 465 people, famous people from all walks of life,” Castellanos said.