The “Friend of all children” faced various health conditions throughout his life. Known What diseases did Chabelo suffer?
A life full of battles to win
In 2008 he suffered a car accident that caused him to sprain and fracture two of his ribs.
After this mishap, he had severe back pain that caused him to stop working and take complete rest for months.
A nervous system failure that caused muscle weakness and good coordination was the reason why he had to put aside his passion for riding motorcycles.
He had vision problems and although he did not confirm what it was, he only limited himself to saying that it was in his left eye but it was already somewhat treatable.
During 2020 it was confirmed that he had a cancerous tumor in the digestive tract, which was removed and he underwent various chemotherapies.
In 2021, information that he suffered from Alzheimer’s was handled, but the driver and his family always denied it.
This March 25, 2023 at the age of 88, Chabelo died and so far it is known that it was due to abdominal complications.