The young Alex Villegas died on Friday, affected by lung cancer, who was hospitalized at the National Cancer Institute Rosa Emilia Sánchez Pérez de Tavares (Incart).
The young man, who was a cameraman, was visited on Thursday by the first lady Raquel Arbaje, following a request made by him.
“Friends, last night I couldn’t stop crying because I found out from your brother that Alex Villegas; the young man who honored me by asking him to visit him passed away. Know your family, I wrote privately, that the state and this friend are at work. My embrace of the soul “, Arbaje published when he licked his death this Friday.
On Wednesday, the young man asked Arbaje for help due to his illness, although he was satisfied with a visit.
“Distinguished greeting @raquelarbaje here I am lying in @incartrd with lung cancer Lungs I need you to help me with everything you can, I am happy with a visit because I know you are a noble woman,” he wrote on his Twitter account near a photo with him.
Friends, last night I couldn’t stop crying because I found out from your brother that Alex Villegas; the young man who honored me by asking him to visit him passed away. Know your family, I wrote privately, that the state and this friend are at work. My soul hug. ????
– Raquel Arbaje (@raquelarbaje) December 18, 2020
Villegas has worked for the country’s media such as Telemicro and Proceso, as well as for the Dominican Olympic Committee.
With his departure, the young Villegas leaves his wife Heidy Magdelin Burgos de Villegas and their two children.
His remains will be taken to the San Ramón funeral home, along Avenida Los Restauradores de Sabana Perdida.