The funeral for the Valladolid actress Concha Velasco, who died this Saturday at the age of 84 at the Puerta de Hierro Hospital in Majadahonda (Madrid)will be officiated tomorrow, Sunday, in the Cathedral of Valladolid at 12:00 p.m., municipal sources have reported.
Subsequently, it is planned in principle that the Valladolid artist will be buried in the Pantheon of Illustrious Personages, in the El Carmen Cemetery in his hometown. The burning chapel of the film, theater and television artist will be installed this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the popular La Latina theater in Madrid.
Valladolid decrees three days of mourning
The mayor of Valladolid, Jesús Julio Carnero, has decreed three days of mourning in the city for the death of actress Concha Velasco at the age of 84 in Madrid. “The heart of Valladolid mourns his departure”the councilor stated through a statement, in which he confirmed that the artist’s remains will rest in the Pantheon of Illustrious Vallisoletanos of the Carmen Cemetery, “along with the greatest in our common history.”
The mayor has detailed that tomorrow, Sunday, at 12:00 p.m., the archbishop of Valladolid, Luis Argüellor, he will preside and officiate a funeral liturgy in her memory, corpore insepulto, “in which all of Valladolid will be able to say goodbye and honor Doña Concha.” Through the statement, he addressed the residents of Valladolid and said that it is time, now, to accompany the city’s artist “on her last journey and say goodbye to her at the height of the pride, respect and admiration that all of us from Valladolid profess him.”
Velasco suffered lymphatic cancer in 2014, and after the pandemic she herself acknowledged that her condition had worsened. It was in March 2022 when her son Manuel de ella announced to the media that his mother was admitted to a residence so that it was attended to 24 hours a day.
“We regret to inform that our mother, Concha Velasco, died today, Saturday the 2nd, at 2:00 a.m. at the Puerta de Hierro Hospital in Majadahonda, having received the Holy Sacraments, as a result of a complication in her illness,” the family reported in a statement. release.
Source: Lasexta
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