Antonio Ibáñez has died at the age of 34, a victim of cancer. A disease with which he had lived for a year, as he himself had been in charge of announcing through his social networks. Now, his followers mourn the loss of this actor who became known for participating in television series such as ‘Aída’ on Telecinco, ‘El Ministerio del Tiempo’ on TVE, or ‘Arrayán’, broadcast on different regional networks with great success.
The news of his death we have been able to know, precisely, thanks to his Instagram profile, through a publication accompanied by a text written in the first person. “I have fought with all my strength, but I have not managed to win this battle. I really wanted to live and continue creating art. Even so, you will be able to see, feel and touch my purest energies in all my paintings. There you will be able to lose yourself in my beautiful and generous soul,” he says.
The shock is maximum among the more than 20,000 followers that the young man had, as well as among his colleagues who have not hesitated to leave messages of encouragement for the family and express their pain. “What a rage…, it seems that the bad guys never leave and you leave very soon. The last time I saw you you were very well. I keep that memory. How unfair!” writes Nacho Guerreros, with whom shared filming in ‘La que se avecina’.
“I’m left with your accent, your scenes, your dances, your smile, your generosity, your humility, your art, your light… I’m glad I shared that part of the journey with you. Have a good trip, dear,” says Mario de la Rosa. “Rage is what I feel. I can’t say more. I send you a huge kiss wherever you are,” says Dani Tatay. “You are light”, assures the actor Gonzalo Ramos.
Words that are added to those that, since he made his fight public, he has been receiving in each of the works he has painted and, later, published on his networks as a personal exhibition. ” One of my dreams is to paint in a very large studio, the kind with huge windows, high ceilings, brick if it’s a factory or an old warehouse… and if it’s in New York, even better”, he once said.
Graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Granada, according to his website, a dealer from Paris was in charge of selling his canvases. It was when he finished his studies that he became interested in acting and began doing theater, movies, and television. Not surprisingly, he tried his luck in India and worked as a model for a time, as well as being one of the first Spanish actors to try to work in the Bollywood industry.
A career-focused on art in all its versions that was stopped dead a year ago. “Lymphoma. I got some nerves that ran through my body (they seemed endless) like when lightning or thunder crosses the sky. Chemo. The images of the love of my life, my mom, my father, my sister, my friends, from filming, painting in the studio, classmates, castings… They went through my head as if it were a trailer. I couldn’t hit ‘Skip Ad’. That kind of ‘selfishness’ appeared why to me; I guess normal in this process, “said the text in which he broke the news.
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