The renowned Cuban intellectual and writer Carlos Alberto Montaner passed away this Thursday, June 29 at the age of 80 in Madrid, Spain, where he moved since 2022.
According to an official statement shared by Firmas Press, the news agency run by the journalist, his death was due to a neurodegenerative disease with which he had been fighting for a long time.
The statement ensures that the Cuban died peacefully in his home, surrounded by his loved ones.
The family thanked the health professionals who did their best to treat him, as well as his family and friends who expressed their affection towards him during this difficult journey.
On his behalf, his wife Linda, his children Gina and Carlos and his granddaughters Paola, Gabriela and Claudia thank the Spanish public health professionals, the Right to Die with Dignity Association and all the family and friends who have supported him. expressed so much affection in the final stretch of a prolific life marked by the defense of individual liberties,” the statement read.
According to the medium infobaefor which Montaner wrote for a time, the journalist suffered from progressive supranuclear palsy, a disease that prevented him from continuing his activities as a columnist and writer due to limited vision.
However, the aforementioned medium assures that the intellectual’s mind continued so lucid until his last breath, moment of life.
“With the courage that few have, Carlos Alberto Montaner has said goodbye to his public, confiding to them that in the face of the advance of a degenerative disease he prefers to say goodbye with full faculties. The gesture, apart from being admirable for its genuine transparency, brings us that bittersweet flavor that always accompanies great events,” said columnist Beatrice Rangel.
Finally, the statement shared by Firmas Press shared a quote that Montaner wrote for his memoirs.
“The time has come to recapitulate. You have to pack your bags. Disappearing is a thankless activity that is only justified because it is the only irrefutable proof that we have lived”, the text ends.
The aforementioned medium for which the Cuban columnist worked assures that his farewell will be a private and intimate act to which only family and close friends will attend.
