Some call it fate, others tragedy. Joan Sebastian, the well-known “folk poet” and “King of Jaripeo”, had eight children from different relationships, but three of his descendants died young.
The Mexican composer and singer died in 2015 at the age of 64 after a long 16-year battle with bone cancer. In life, according to Semana, the interpreter suffered the tragic departure of two of his children: Trigo and Juan Figueroa.
Julián Figueroa’s final minutes: Maribel Guardia’s son, suffering from severe chest pains, lay down in the guest room and within minutes his wife tried to wake him up, but he had died
On April 10, 2023, Julián Figueroa died of a heart attack at the age of 28. He and his two brothers share a history of short lives and dramatic deaths.
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The tragic death of three of Joan Sebastian’s eight children
Julian Figueroa
At the age of just 28, Julián Figueroa was found dead on Sunday April 9, 2023 after suffering an acute heart attack. The young man was the father of a three-year-old boy named José Julián, whom he had with Ime Garza Tuñón.
Julián was the only descendant of the relationship between the soap opera actress Maribel Guardia and the Mexican singer. Part of a tragic and inexplicable family history, Julián died young as Joan Sebastian’s third child.
Figueroa wheat
Trigo Figueroa died at the age of 27. He died in Texas, USA, in 2006 from a headshot attacked by a suspected fan of his father.
Trigo was the son of Joan Sebastian and his first wife Teresa González, also the mother of Juan Sebastián Figueroa and José Manuel Figueroa. The tragedy happened after a concert by his father.
“I had him dying in my arms for 50 minutes, I screamed for help, asked for an ambulance, asked for a cop,” Joan Sebastian admitted, as reported by the show El Gordo y la Flaca.
Joan Sebastian held her son in her arms until they took him to McAllen Medical Center Hospital, where he died, El Financiero reported.
Juan Sebastian
Juan Sebastián died on June 12, 2010, four years after his brother. He was 32 years old when he was murdered in a nightclub in Cuernavaca, Morelos.
He reportedly died after an argument with a security guard who refused him entry to the bar at the Gran Hotel Cuernavaca. The man pulled out a gun and shot him. There was also speculation that the South Pacific Cartel would settle the matter.
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