The ashes of the Cuban actor Enrique Molina were launched this Monday into the Almendares River in Havana by a group of family, friends, artists and Culture officials, hours after the posthumous tribute held in his honor in the gardens of the capital of the capital of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).
“At such a painful time, a group of family, friends, actors, actresses and performing arts officials said goodbye to Molina on behalf of the town that will forever carry him in memory,” he said. Agency Acting on social networks.
Actors Patricio Wood and Emilio de la Vall were in charge of saying a few last words in honor of Molina and his impeccable career in the Cuban art scene.
In the funeral honors that took place at the UNEAC this Friday morning, the renowned pianist Frank Fernández and the violinist Irving Frontela performed the main theme of the soap opera Terra Brava to say goodbye to Molina, who made a small conceived character, such as Silvestre Canyís, a giant, who catapulted him to popularity on the island and earned him a guaranteed space in the memory of Cubans.
“You can’t complain, my old man. You have been filled with love on all four sides. Thank you all always. Thank you,” wrote his son Pavel Molina Ruiz.
Enrique Molina died on the morning of September 3, at the age of 78, after a few weeks of battle with the coronavirus. His death occurred “due to complications from COVID-19 and after he was admitted under the care of a multidisciplinary team of medical staff who fought until the last hours to save his life” in the Pere Kouri Hospital in Havana, according to the official statement.
The actor will always be remembered for his great performances in movies like Esther somewhere, With you bread and onion, The man of Maisinicú O Pages from the Mauritius newspaper, And in soap operas Terra Brava, Under the same sun O The hidden face of the moon. His death is a blow to Cuban culture, which lost in the same week to musician Adalberto Alvarez, El Cavaller de l’Son.
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