José Luis Losa dies at the age of 47, winner of Survivors and finalist of MasterChef

José Luis Losa

, winner of

and third finalist of

, has died at the

.

A blow to the world of television since the former contestant was one of the most beloved characters by the public and by the producers of both programs.

Last night it was Jorge Javier Vázquez, who raised his arm proclaiming him the winner of

, the one who announced

the sad news on

While interviewing

, the presenter suddenly stopped the program to announce the death of

.

The director of

, Javier Romero, connected live on

to confirm the news and report that the lifeless body of

was found this Saturday afternoon at his home in

, a town in Albacete , where he was one of the most beloved neighbors.

," Romero assured.

Romero has not wanted to give details about the cause of his death out of respect for his family.

leaves behind two adult children.

A few weeks ago,

sat down at the

to talk about the death of his wife, who died of a sudden heart attack, to whom he was very close.

In the interview José Luis Losada recounted how much he missed her and how hard it was for him to return home every day without her being there.

"Although she had diabetes, it was unexpected, because she led a very healthy life. She spent a day in the ICU and, despite the fact that we are with Covid-19-19, they let me be with her. Life is very hard,

I'm doing a work that I wanted to do to ensure retirement and I focus on it because that's how my head goes, "he narrated then on

.

"He has tried to live, but the penalty has been able to him," said

last night in

's partner

in

and with whom he had a close friendship.

has highlighted what a good person he was and how generous.

"It hurts me a lot for his children,

loved them madly," he assured.

"When these things happen, it is always said that those who leave were good people, but in the case of

it was true, I have not met anyone so good. I hope the family forgives him. I spoke with him the day before yesterday and he I found normal... but he already tried this a long time ago," said Iván González last night.

The strong, affable and generous character of

made him one of the most beloved contestants.

House painter in 2016 he decided to make a radical change in his life and entered

after overcoming the hard casting of

.

He quickly won over the viewers and the judges as well, so much so that he became third runner-up in that edition.

José Luis Losa

then decided not to disassociate himself from television and a year later he joined the

team where he showed not only that he was a good cook but also a great survivor.

He beat

in the grand finale, proclaiming himself the winner of

thanks to the public vote, which supported him from practically the beginning of the survival reality show.

José Luis Losa

won the 200,000-euro prize and as he betrayed sadly in his interview at the Deluxe, he regretted having saved that money and not having spent it with his wife.

The union and complicity of José Luis with Inma were patent in both contests.

Precisely

has lamented in the

that

and

were happy to already have the Survivor prize money, and that they had not even spent it more than on a trip together to tour Spain.

Inma was his great defender in

and managed, like her husband, not only to win over the public but also many of the collaborators of that edition with whom he still had friendship.

Like

, despite having left television, there were many presenters and commentators who took a special liking to him and who wanted to bid him farewell with moving displays of affection.

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