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Mexican singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero is hospitalized in Mexico City in a “delicate” state after testing positive for covid-19, reported his daughter Martha
Manzanero Arjona.
“My father is a warrior, the doctors have said that they will do everything possible to get him out of this disease”, confided the youngest daughter of the Manzanero Arjona family, without specifying the hospital where he has been admitted since the morning of December 17.
Martha, María Elena, Armando and Diego Manzanero Arjona are grateful for the expressions of affection from their fans and dozens of artists who, upon hearing the news, expressed their solidarity with the family and their prayers.
The author of classics of Mexican romantic music such as Are we a couple, I’m going to turn off the light, I learned with you, This afternoon I saw it rain and No, A few weeks ago he revealed that he was happy to receive awards in life. “I am being rewarded for life,” said the composer, who has other children: Juan Pablo Manzanero Blum, as well as Mainca and Rodrigo.
Before the statements of his family, the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico (SACM) had revealed that Manzanero contracted covid-19, but he limited himself to saying that “he is being treated in accordance with established medical protocols”.
The so-called ‘King of romanticism’ a few months ago received the Billboard Award for his career. Just last Friday he obtained another recognition that makes him a prophet in his land, during the inauguration of the Museo Casa
Manzanero, in which the artists Carlos Cuevas and Coque Muñiz were present.
Also in Yucatán, in southeastern Mexico, Manzanero has a theater named after him. The authorities of Mexico and Mérida, the capital of Yucatán, premiered ‘La ruta de la nostalgia’ in his honor to share important scenarios in the artist’s life with national, local and international visitors.
The news of Manzanero is released while Mexico accumulates 1,289,298 infections and 116,487 deaths. The Government of Mexico has recognized that the country is experiencing a “second peak of the pandemic”, in which Mexico City faces 80% of hospital occupancy, so it is at risk level.
EFE
