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Actors, relatives and citizens are visiting, throughout the morning, the funeral chapel installed in the Spanish Theater in

, where the signs of affection and respect have been repeated for a figure who, in the words of Javier Camera, was

.

"He was a member of a family that is ending, of that saga of the sixties that has marked us all and we are all lacking in that family. He is one of the last members of his family, a guy who shone alongside legendary people He is, therefore, the son of those legends. And we are the grandchildren and now we have to remain orphans and fulfill his legacy:

he highlighted to the media during his visit to the burning chapel .

The Chamber has added that the death of Juan Diego is felt by "everyone very much" in allusion to "the entire profession and many people" since, as he recalled, "he was an incredible, fascinating person, not only as an actor,

, to the people. And he was a very brilliant guy on the set, really," he added.

"He was a great and good guy, well, you only have to see the affection we have for him and the example he has left," said Cámara, who did not want to remember "many" anecdotes

.

"I will tell them some day, when a few months have passed", he added, since, as he has assured, he was "a guy who behaved brilliantly, brilliantly and generously on the set".

Cámara has also recalled that they were in contact because they shared a representative (Paloma Juanes) and they knew that "he was a little more pachucho, but

.

"Juan had many lives, he has been a guy who has lived life in a very powerful way, a great guy," she emphasized.

About his career, he has highlighted his great curriculum and, beyond

, where he achieved his first great role, he has alluded to '

' or '

in short, "

, without forgetting the theatre.

Precisely his co-star in

Gabino Diego, also wanted to pay tribute to

, whom he described as "a friend, a great companion, a great actor and a very generous person".

"We all learned a lot from him," he acknowledged.

In line with Cámara, he stressed that he was part of "a generation of actors that no longer exists but we have to move on and

, whom he specified, will say goodbye in the theater with the performance this Friday , not being able to do it in person.

For his part,

recalled some of the projects they shared, since he had known Juan Diego all his life.

"Saying goodbye is a bit like saying goodbye to yourself. It has been terrible news", confessed the also president of AISGE, applauded upon his arrival at the Theater, where he recalled that Juan Diego

and was " an excellent colleague" with whom he "never" had a professional problem.

Meanwhile, Carmelo Gómez has described Juan Diego as "the greatest actor" he has ever met, on stage or in front of the cameras.

"

, so rich in adventure. I sing his elegance with words that groan", he has affirmed, quoting Lorca's poem.

Gómez has joked about the fact that he was an Andalusian who "always wanted to live in Madrid" and that he was committed "to everything and everyone, with enormous empathy and many contradictions" and lamented that his death "has been in solitude" .

In any case, he has highlighted that he had "a role in hand until the last moment,

.

Along the same lines, an emotional Echanove has expressed himself, for whom "Juan Diego was a first actor, and among the first actors for me the greatest".

About his impact on the profession, he has argued that he endowed it with "

and taught the importance, beyond color, of the act of interpreting".

The actor Javier Cámara upon his arrival at the funeral chapel of the actor Juan DiegoJ.J.GUILLÉNEFE

"The memory is so vivid that his films are not worth it to me. Thanks to the fact that at one point Juan Diego decided to look at me and become an actor, thanks to that I live and now that he is not here, that is why I live and that is why I am going to enter the theaters with the dignity that he taught me", added Echanove, who underlined that the actor "until the last moment was clinging to life".

"All those who have been lucky enough to come

," he concluded.

"Coming to this is terrible, it has been a stick", has recognized the actor Fernando Chinarro for his part, for whom the deceased was "a wonderful person and one of the greatest actors".

"Juan, we love you", he concluded excitedly.

PRIVATE CEREMONY IN EL ESCORIAL

Other well-known faces have also passed through the chapel, such as

, in addition to other figures on the national scene such as the general secretary of the CCOO, Unai Sordo, for whom Juan Diego was "one of the greats of the Spanish scene".

"A magnificent interpreter in film and theater who has left one of the most powerful performances on the Spanish scene",

he recalled.

Regarding his commitment, Sordo has highlighted that he was a "key" figure in the strike of actors and actresses of 1975 and that he always made a show of having joined CCOO". "He was an artist committed to the society with which he lived: we are sad and we have come to show our respect and consideration for his career", he concluded.

His eldest son,

, has thanked the media for the coverage that he has described as "respectful".

"

," said Ruíz, who thanked on behalf of the family, which will celebrate a private ceremony in El Escorial (Madrid).

The actor Emilio Gutiérrez Caba makes statements to the media to J.J GUILLÉNEFE

A continuous trickle of citizens is passing through the burning chapel that has been located since 10:30 am in the main hall of the Spanish Theater in tribute to the actor Juan Diego, who died this Thursday at the age of 79.

The stage has been decorated with projections of his photos and

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