TV program where the singer Raphael suffered a stroke spoke out: this is what he said

The entertainment world is still in suspense over the health of the renowned Spanish singer Raphael, who suffered this Tuesday a stroke during the recording of a program on the Spanish public television TVE and his prognosis is reservedreported TVE.

It was during the recording of the TVE program ‘La Revuelta’. According to Spanish television, the 81-year-old singer, one of the greats of melodic songs in Spanish, was in a theater in Madrid recording the special television program to be broadcast at Christmas when he felt ill, but was able to walk to the ambulance that took him to the hospital.

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“His prognosis right now is reserved,” TVE reported during its evening news about Rafael Martos, the real name of this singer born in Linares, in Andalusia.

The pronouncement of ‘The Revolt’

Through its social networks, the program ‘La Revuelta’ issued a statement about the situation. “Unfortunately, Raphael became unwell during the recording of the Christmas special and we were unable to carry out the program as planned,” the statement read.

And he continues: “He has left the theater on his own and at the moment we only know that they have taken him to the hospital, so we send him a big kiss and we hope that he gets better quickly and we can welcome him back soon.”

Finally, he reported that “the program we are broadcasting tonight was recorded last Friday, December 13.”

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The singer participated this Monday in the other most watched space on television nights, ‘El hormiguero’, on Antena 3. Raphael plans to offer two concerts this Friday and Saturday at the Wizink Center in Madrid as part of his Tour Victoria 2024 tour..

In recent weeks, in addition to promoting his new album, ‘Yesterday… still’, a compilation of great French songs from the 60s and 70s of the last century, he recorded a new version of his mythical Christmas carol ‘El Tamborilero’, with the entire town singing the chorus.

A few days later, the University of Jaén (southern Spain) awarded him an ‘honoris causa’ doctorate, a recognition that is “a very great honor” because it is in his land, as he explained in a recent interview with EFE.

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A contemporary of Julio Iglesias, both were at the time the Spanish singers with the greatest international projection, with the particularity that Raphael has a wide fan base in Russia for being one of the first Western artists to perform regularly in the communist Soviet Union. .

He made his professional debut in 1962, and his discography includes more than 50 full-length albums in Spanish, as well as others in Italian, French, German, English and Japanese.