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This September 18 Five years have passed since the death of former footballer and well-remembered commentator Eduardo Bonvallet, who took his own life in a hotel room in Providencia. His widow, the journalist Mary Victoria Laymuns, spoke about the days after the death of the “Guru”.
“I have blurred images and memories, not very connected and with many potholes,” said the communicator in an interview with LUN. “I remember I answered the phone and a person from the radio station, I don’t know who, but it seems that it was a manager, he told me ‘he killed himself, he killed himself.’ I thought it was a pitanza, a joke in bad taste, but no, I insisted“.
He added that “many people later asked me if I remember what they said that day about him, what they said to me when they greeted me, and I have almost no memories. I was in another. Simply not accepted that Eduardo had committed suicide“.
With three children in common, Laymuns and Bonvallet parted ways almost a year before the events. “Eduardo had psychological problems, he suffered from depression and that is why he had to take medication. When we were together, I can attest that he followed the doctor’s instructions and took the remedies. But when we broke up, I think he gave up that discipline, the treatment, the pills, and that was the trigger to do something that he never thought he would do.“Said the widow.
He even revealed that, following the commenter’s death, he received death threats from his followers: “I had to swallow comments from people who spoke as if they knew about my relationship with Eduardo and I didn’t even know them. They threw bullets at me from all sides. Some of his radio buddies, for example. I was never friends with them“.
Regarding the duel, Laymuns stated that “it will be five years since his death and I cannot say that everything is over. Throughout this period I have gone from grief to anger and now to acceptance. It’s something I can never forget, but I’ve learned to live with grief“.
In fact, he revealed a delicate episode: “My youngest daughter, Noelle, was five years old when Eduardo died. And when we went to the cemetery and we told her it was to visit her dad, she thought she would see him. Even though we told her that he was there in spirit and with her, she became very frustrated. That’s why we don’t go to the cemetery. My daughter still doesn’t understand that she won’t be able to see her dad again“.
