Carlos Vives mourns the death of his father

Luis Aurelio Vives, otolaryngologist and father of Vallenato star Carlos Vives, died in Santa Marta, Colombia, at the age of 91.

Dr. Vives died Monday morning at 9 a.m. after a long illness, and both Vives and the rest of his family were with him, the singer’s publicist, Mayna Nevarez, told the Associated Press. He did not specify the illness he suffered, but said that Vives was very attached to his father.

From Columbia President Iván Duque to artists such as Juanes, Alejandro Sanz and Ricky Martin, dozens of personalities have expressed their condolences on social networks.

“We express our solidarity with Carlos Vives and his entire family for the death of his father, Dr. Luis Aurelio Vives, a doctor who has always been in the service of the Samaritans. We accompany them in prayer “, the Colombian president posted on Twitter.

“My condolences to @carlosvives and his entire family at this difficult time. Sending me all my love “, Juanes wrote on Twitter.

“May God have him in his glory,” Sanz wrote on Instagram in response to a Vives post, while Martin sent him “power.”

In the moving publication, Vives honored his father’s memory with a video collage of family photos and his song “The good times” in the background.

“When he was born he was so beautiful that they asked him to borrow it from my grandmother Elena for the cribs,” he wrote in his post. “So much so that until the last day his closest friends kept calling him ‘Nene Chu.’ And today, Easter Monday, my father left. And I feel helpless again like the first time. “

“I see him leaving the house so that he doesn’t come back and my soul breaks and I realize that everything I was was for him: actor, whale singer, athlete, Union fan, philanthropist … Maybe to he feels that we have never parted, “he added.” I know that he will live forever in us, his children, in our family, in our friends, in our city. And that we will always remember him with that child’s smile. who accompanied him all his life ”.

Dr. Vives survived his wife Mercedes Carrillo, four children – Carlos, Guillermo, Luis Francisco and Juan Enrique – and several grandchildren.

According to Nevarez, the family is hosting a meal on Thursday.