Abelardo Gutierrezpopularly known as ‘tongo’died last Friday, March 10, at the age of 65 due to terminal renal failure in the Archbishop Loayza Hospital. The news was announced by one of his daughters through social networks, who dedicated some moving words to the artist. “Special people never die, they remain in our hearts and memory, you were a great father, the best, you filled many people with joy, you will never be forgotten, Now it’s time for you to fly high and sing up there in the sky, I’ll do it from here for you, we love you forever, daddy”, Cint Gutiérrez wrote on his personal Instagram account.
Tongo: his wife dedicates an emotional message to him
Another of the people who also said goodbye to the interpreter was his wife Gladys Lupinta, who expressed her pain in words. “Forever in my heart, beloved husband, companion of a lifetime, I have to accept your departure even if my soul breaks. Rest in peace, my husband. Abelardo Gutierrez Alanya“Lupinta said.
The popular ‘tongo’ He fought for more than three years against terminal renal failure that caused him to be hospitalized in an emergency on various occasions at the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases (INEN). To this evil was added the advanced diabetes that he suffered, according to his relatives.
Tongo: how did the singer’s health deteriorate?
At the end of December 2022, his wife Gladys Lupintathrough tears, reported that The health of the interpreter of “La Pituca” was deteriorating and he asked his followers to pray for him to recover.
“He was doing well after the operation they did, but I don’t know what happened. What I most want is for him to get better. I know that for your diabetes, the pressure, the kidney failure that he has and the underlying problem for which he was operated on, his health could become more complicated, but we are going to pray a lot, I ask that his fans make a chain of prayer for him”, said Lupinta at that time.