Pepe Luis Vázquez Silva died at the age of 68 on his farm ‘El Canto’ in Carmona

2024-07-26 12:41:57

Mourning in Seville, in the region of San Bernardo and in the world of the bull: Bullfighter Pepe Luis Vázquez Silva has died at the age of 68, son of Socrates of San Bernardo and penultimate link in the most prolific King of the old Sevillian region. The actor is recovering from it ‘El Canto’ farmlocated in the area of ​​Carmona, from a small operation carried out a few days ago.

It is the owner of the property who notices the absence of the teacher when the this afternoon, entered the farmhouse and found the lifeless body of the Sevillian bullfighter. An autopsy must rule on the causes of death, although initial indications point to a possible domestic accident.

Death happened to the bull when he was mostly recovering from the stroke he suffered five years ago, an accident that left half of his body paralyzed. Despite the severity of that attack, Pepe Luis managed to move on and even returned to bullfighting three years later. Later, in a report that Onetoro made on the farm of Rocío de la Cámara, he still holds the crutch with his left hand and knows the emotion of the moment, when months before he could not “even open a packet of sugar.”

Pepe Luis Vázquez is always known for the feeling and creativity of his bullfighting, as well as his character and philosophy. In that interview on the program ‘In short and on the right’ he left phrases to remember as one of «It is easier to lie down with a word than to lie down with a crutch» or that « to be precise, I prefer not to be there».

“I live with the hope of fighting again”

Him last great tribute to the bullfighter of San Bernardo the past February 28thAndalusia Day, the first festival done by the Real Club Pineda de Sevilla. That initiative was born five years ago, when the thing was the “yes” of Pepe Luis to reappear in a group that he has been a member of all his life. The injury prevented the project from going forward as they had planned, although it was finally celebrated this year with a number of Pepe Luis presenting the poster and many toasts from the artists to the maestro.

During the presentation of that poster, Pepe Luis admitted that the accident prevented him from fighting easily even though he was alive.with the hope of being able to fight next time». Unfortunately, the bull will not be able to fulfill his purpose. It was in 2018 when he performed for the last time in the Maestranza, that time to launch the first of the cultural festivals that now every year close the season of Seville and to benefit the Brotherhood of the Macarena.

It was in 2017 when Morante de la Puebla convinced him to return to the arena in time, with the Plaza de Illescas (Toledo) being the first of a season that stood out in Granada. Then he covered his own son of Manolo Vázquezthe grandson of the Witch of San Bernardo, who had a few days ago as a bull in Las Ventas and will be elected on September 7 in Cortegana (Huelva).

During the last years of his life, in addition to living in the countryside, Pepe Luis Vázquez continued to visit the farms of his closest friends, such as the Cortijo de la Sierra (Dew room), Zahariche (Miura) and Majavieja (Spartacus). Rest in peace Pepe Luis Vázquez, bull by the grace of God.