Just the day he had turned 79, the family and numerous friends of Toni Cruz“The handsome of the trench”, have met on Monday at the Barcelona tank of Sancho de Ávila for an emotional 'final gala', which has started under the chords of 'Life is beautiful 'in which there have been laughs and cries remembering their 'five lives'.
Josep Maria Mainat and Miquel Àngel Pasqualmembers of the trench, as well as his children, his eight -year -old grandson, Toni Cruzhis sister Roses And companions of the different companies that the deceased has led for years have starred in the secular ceremony, which they have attended from the Minister of Culture of the Generalitat, Sònia Hernándezto the president of Barça, Joan Laportawho came accompanied by sports vice president, Rafael Yusteand the chief of cabinet, Have giorgadze.
The television producer and former member of the Josep María Mainat trench
They have also wanted to say goodbye to the television producer Xavier Sardà, Boris Izaguirre, Nina, Carlos Latre, Angel Llácer, Manu Guix, Noemí Galera, Tinet Rubira, Toni Clapés, Mònica Terribas, Fede Sardàthe writer Eduardo Mendoza or the painter Joan-Pere Villagesamong many others.
His son has remembered him as “irreverent and fun”, as someone of a “contagious positivism” who lived “five lives”, while his sister has recalled his childhood and has asserted that he was someone “spectacular”, who awaits them to continue “helping and protecting.”
‘Here Comes The Sun’, de The Beatleshe has also had his space in the ceremony, in which images of the deceased have been shown in different stages of his life and in his various professional facets, both as a singer of the popular songs of The trincaas in front of Gestmusic, creator of successful programs such as 'Operation Triunfo' or 'Martian Chronicles'.
The former Trinca Miquel Àngel Pasqual Trinca
Nor has its management been eluded at the Barcelona Wax Museum or, in recent years, as an external consultant to lead the transformation of Barça TV, a project that ended up leading to the creation of Barça Onethe new audiovisual and free content platform of the Barca team.
Josep Maria Mainatwho has not ignored that for decades along with Cruz y Paschal They were the “blond” of the trench, that of the “beard” and the “handsome” of the trench, because “he was very handsome”, he described as “very unfair” that now Toni Cruz I cannot start his “sixth life”, in love with how he was and wanting to travel.
The journalist Xavier Sardá, after the funeral ceremony
“Dying is shit,” he has proclaimed, then, to say that he will remember him in “every moment” of his life, just as he remembers when they met “thanks to the Renfe”, on a train that led them to study from CANET DE Sea and Barcelona.
They have been friends for 65 years, in fact, he has continued, “we were like a couple”, without hiding that they were very different and that they also had their “rifirrafes“, although they ended in an agreement, since the distant days in which they decided to devote themselves to music and, subsequently, form the trench, which” was born in a bullring in Sant Cebrià de Vallalta“.
“It is an injustice that has left us, he who was the most energetic of all,” he said, and, more, when “I was very in love, I had been very lucky, which I cannot say, and I had great plans.”
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However, “while we remember it will continue to exist,” he stressed.
One of the outstanding moments of the act has been when his grandson Toni He has taken the floor to say that he will long for the “hooligan” they did together. “Grandfather, I love you,” he said among applause.
His son has closed the ceremony warning that “since he has not booed us, he means that he liked the show.” “Father, thanks for leaving us such a big and beautiful legacy. We are proud and we will be positive and happy in your honor,” he concluded, before apostillating, “we will always remember you.”
