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The coronavirus does not respect social classes and the proof is three women who have suddenly gone from being on the social top to seeing their glamorous stocks collapse . This is the case of Miriam Lapique (64), widow of Alfonso Cortina, who died on April 6 at the Virgen de la Salud hospital in Toledo. He entered in mid-March after presenting symptoms when he was confined with his wife in Vallegarcía , his 1,500-hectare farm in Retuerta del Bullaque. He was 76 years old and his death was unexpected, since initially his evolution was positive, but suddenly it worsened and in three days he died, breaking a 40-year-old marriage and two children, Felipe (37) and Carlos (35), now residents of New York and London.

The life story of Miriam comes from crib, for his mother, Caritina Fernandez de Nit , was the granddaughter of the Marquis of Donadio and Viscount Villamiranda, and his father, Manolo Lapique, a lawyer tawdry, so Miriam and his brothers Cari, Manolo and Pedro always rubbed shoulders with the jet. Her wedding in the Church of the Incarnation of Marbella in October 1979 was less mediatic than that of Cari, married to Carlos Goyanes , Marisol's ex, but of higher rank, since the groom, Alfonso Cortina, was the grandson of Alberto Alcocer, who was mayor of Madrid and son of the Foreign Minister Pedro Cortina Mauri . Carmen Franco, Alfonso de Borbón and the groom's brother, Alberto Cortina, were witnesses, who together with their cousin Alcocer formed the duo Los Albertos , married to Esther and Alicia Koplowitz, whom Cortina left to join Marta Chávarri, and later to Elena Cue.

Industrial engineer, Alfonso held senior management positions, becoming President of Repsol in 1996 with the Aznar government. That position allowed this discreet couple to move in the most exclusive circles, which included the Cortina, Alcocer, Fernández Tapias, the Marques de Griñón, or Isabel Preysler and Vargas Llosa.

The marriage was never separated, since Miriam always put her status as a wife, so it was easy to see them together in exclusive restaurants, such as Jockey or Horcher, at Real premieres, or sharing evenings with their intimates at their Vallegarcía estate, a mansion decorated with sculptures by Tàpies and Chillida, which make up Cortina's valuable art collection . It was one of his passions with viticulture , to which he dedicated his last years marketing Pago de Villagarcía wines . Miriam followed him on his adventure, which practically led them to settle in the La Mancha countryside, where today he is living alone with his seven dogs.

The architect of Cortina's becoming a winemaker was his intimate Marquis de Griñón, who also died of a coronavirus at the age of 83 on March 20, who has left Esther Doña, 42 years younger, widowed and in a difficult situation. The malagueña, who made little steps of model and added two divorces, was best known for her love affairs, including with the actor Máximo Valverde, until she met Carlos Falcó who, after her wedding in 2017, elevated her to the most exclusive circles. Now her life has turned upside down since, in addition to her tense relationship with the aristocrat's five children, Esther signed a pre-marital agreement for the separation of assets, which may reduce her inheritance. Although Griñón did not swim in abundance either, as his heritage was limited to his farms in Casa de Vacas, where he made his wines, and to the Rincón palace, where Esther temporarily resides.

María Luz Durán could not say goodbye to the ex- merengue president Lorenzo Sanz, who died on March 21 at the age of 75, five days after joining the Jiménez Díaz Foundation for what he believed to be a simple chest plaque, since he had been days with fever and breathed badly. That March 17, María Luz could not imagine that her husband would not return to his mansion in La Florida and that he would see his five children again: Lorenzo, Fernando, Paco, Malula and Diana. In September they planned to celebrate their golden anniversary in style.

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