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Monica del Raval, the iconic Barcelona prostitute who was made popular by ‘Callejeros’, dies at 60

He died at the age of 60 Mónica del Raval, the prostitute of Barcelona who rose to fame in 2009 for a documentary Frances Betriu which recounted her busy life on the streets of Barcelona, ​​where she was known not only for her profession but also for the way she carried it out: with abundant makeup and a striking crown that stood out among her platinum blonde hair.

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Ramona Coronado Garcia –that was his real name– returned to the small screen in 2012, this time with Streetwise. The program of Four He dedicated one of his reports to her and nicknamed her The queen of Raval.

No details have been released about the cause of his early death, although various media outlets, including Yotelethey claim that he suffered various health problemsShe is the drag queen artist Samantha Ballentines who has communicated the sad news.

Mónica del Raval was born in the small town of Villamanrique (Ciudad Real) in 1964 and moved to Barcelona in the 1990s. For more than three decades she practiced prostitution on the streets of the historic neighborhood, where she acquired notable fame.In 2012 he told reporters Streetwise who had had relations with tens of thousands of men.

She left prostitution in 2015 and nothing more was heard of her until the end of 2018, when a rumour spread that she had died. It was a hoax. Ramona had been in hospital for five months, slowly recovering from an illness that left her “irreversible consequences”according to his relatives.

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