Emotional congratulatory letter from David Bisbal to his priest with Alzheimer’s disease: ‘A less powerful echo of a conversation’ | the people

December 1 is an important day for David Bisbal (Almería, 46) and the rest of his family: it is a coronation for his predecessor, José Bisbal, who turns 84 this year. In a season close to the calendar, the Almirense singer wanted to honor him on his Instagram account, where he has 5.6 million followers. “Happy achievements for the first Spanish boxing champion born in Almeria,” begins a translator’s writing Anything is possible at Christmas. Yes, in his publication, which collected more than 20 thousand copies in a few hours gay In the post, he wanted to remember his father’s sporting career: “Seven titles in a difficult season, when it was so easy to fool you. Sometimes I imagine him running in La Molinita, on the way to Tibidabo de Barcelona, ​​paying attention to every detail, eating his share of meat and choking on the weight before the next match. This is a sacrifice alone that means true champions.”

The season was not easy for his family: José Bisbal was diagnosed years ago with Alzheimer’s disease, a disease that has developed in recent years and for which reason he did not recognize his loved ones. A situation that the singer has spoken about on previous occasions with the aim of visualizing the fight that loved ones face. “The echo of not being able to have a conversation with him,” he explains in his new post.

He also remembers those conversations that were part of the past: “I repeat fewer and fewer of those interviews he gave, where he came out with precious clarity from Almeria.” Even Pepe, as his neighbors know him, does not admit that he was once a priest of three, unless he feels the love of those who visit him. “Today, I realized something very important, which is the power of hugs,” concludes the text David Bisbal, accompanied by a photo of his predecessor when he was a boxer.

“We are used to each other, but it is difficult not to recognize you the first time… The soul breaks your soul. Notice that we do not know your children. It is very difficult,” the singer explained during an interview in. The hormiguero In 2023. He continued: “I did not recognize my mother, my sister, my brother… I even knew sometimes my mother who was always with her. However, if she left behind her time as a boxer.” On Bisbalthe documentary that the artist premiered in the same year on Movistar +, also wanted to talk about his priest’s illness, even becoming the protagonist in some moments of the film. “My father, my father, was a boxer too,” he told the priest in a moment of gratitude. When asked his name, he replied: “My priest’s name is José Bisbal Carrillo.” “This is me,” he then introduced himself as a boxer. “You’re my priest and I’m David. Is that you’re not waking up to me? What happened is I grew up with a white beard all over me. I’m sure you won’t wake up to me, but I’m just waking up to you and that’s what’s important. You’re so happy baby, I want so much.”

In the same year, during one of… Kaliga universetranslator Peace be upon you, Mary He spoke with Jesus Calleja and was also honest about his priest’s illness. “Good, he has analysis and he is better than all of us. He only asked me a few questions that he started singing, and he told me that he was in Mexico, and he answered me that there was a slaughterhouse. But he left a moment in which his children did not wake up,” he explained to the broadcaster, at that moment, but sometimes he recognized his mother: “You are cruel because when you go to talk to my mother, you get bored of me.”