Obituary Jesús Mariñas, teacher of gossip journalists, dies at the age of 79
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A year ago, the journalist Jesús Mariñas
revealed that he had bladder cancer.
The myth of the pink press then granted an interview to the magazine
Ten minutes
where he expressed a positive attitude towards the disease.
In it, the affection that his family and friends offered him in his worst moments stood out, but above all the names of his relatives, the name of his partner for almost 30 years
, Elio Valderrama Prescott, stood out.
After a long relationship, they married in 2016. "
At the moment my husband is everything. He is fundamental in my life. I am very impulsive and he is not good. Thanks to Elio I have learned to contain myself
," he commented then.
Today, after the news of his death at the Ramón y Cajal hospital in Madrid, after a long stay,
many have been those who have remembered the most popular Jesús Mariñas.
The one who was the guest at any television or radio talk show and who left phrases to remember like "Shut up, Karmele!".
However, only a few remembered Jesús Mariñas, an intimate and familiar friend, the one who
accompanied his family and who enjoyed meals at Casa Lucio
, his favorite restaurant.
To whom he regularly attended with Elio, whom he considered the love of his life and his special person until his last moments.
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a lasting relationship
In 2016,
Elio Valderrama and Jesús Mariñas got married.
However, this celebration was only to put on paper a relationship that had been going on for three decades.
Despite their age difference,
since Elio was twenty years younger than Mariñas,
the couple understood each other perfectly.
According to a report in the magazine
Lecturas
published in 2017, they were "a happy marriage that lives
dedicated to a solid love story
that has lasted for more than a quarter of a century."
In this article, other aspects of the life as a couple of the journalist and her newly released husband were detailed.
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A photographer by profession, Elio was born in Venezuela and met Jesús Mariñas because they both frequented the same work environments.
As the magazine anticipated.
Both were dedicated to the chronicle of the heart.
Jesus in words and Elio in image, but both
with a discreet profile in recent years.
Busier in following the spotlights than in wanting to enter them.
In addition to this, the couple had a group of mutual friends made up of
celebrities, journalists and celebrities.
However, when they were finally able to marry after decades of dating, the lovers chose to marry privately in front of two witnesses
.
On July 18, 2016, the rings were exchanged
without flaunting it in the press.
During the years of their marriage, the couple shared small moments with their followers on social networks.
From trips and dinners in restaurants to poetry dedicating their mutual love.
With her pride, Elio used to publish excerpts from
her husband's articles in different magazines and newspapers.
Like him, she was passionate about the world of entertainment, fashion and beauty.
In his photographs, you can see images of the photographer
taking care of his body and undergoing beauty treatments.
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Jesús and Elio revealed little more about their lives
, except that they considered themselves an "open couple"
who loved each other "on a slow fire."
Unfortunately, during these last months, the Venezuelan has had to slow down her busy life to accompany her husband in her rawest moments.
She to the point of having to celebrate her birthday with
Mariñas lying in hospital bed.
On his Instagram, Elio Valderrama has received dozens of messages of support from celebrities and close friends such as Antonio Rossi or Chelo García Cortés.
People who, beyond appreciating Jesús Mariñas, have also come to love the man who accompanied him throughout his life.
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