Journalist and writer Doris Bayly, sister of Jaime Bayly, died at the age of 60 on Thursday, February 17, when she was hit by a truck while riding her bicycle near her residence in Máncora, in the coastal area of Peru. According to police reports, the driver of the heavy truck fled after the incident, while Bayly was taken to the Medical Center Clinic.
Due to the seriousness of her injuries, she was transferred by land to Piura, but on the way, she died. Media such as Infobae indicate that the case remains under investigation by the National Police of Peru, who are trying to find the person responsible. On the official Twitter account of the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, the death of Doris Bayly was mourned, with a message that read as follows: “We mourn the sensitive death of Doris Bayly, a Peruvian poet, and journalist who published the poems Retrete para huérfanos (1997). ) and Boy from my neighborhood (1998). Our condolences to her family and friends.”
Until now, Jaime Bayly, 56, has remained on the sidelines about his sister’s accident; He has not commented on his social networks, nor on his television show BAYLY on MegaTV, which is broadcast from Monday to Friday and is a live broadcast.
Doris Bayly was a successful poet, journalist, writer, and editor. During her career, she participated in various media such as the now-defunct magazine Oiga, in addition to being part of Somos. That same year, she launched her collection of poems Toilet for Orphans / Poems of Survival and other texts under the publisher Asaltoalcielo Editores. Two years later, she published another collection of poems, Chico de mi barrio.
She was married to the painter Armando Williams and they had two sons, Ricardo and Daniel. According to the writer Czar Gutiérrez, in a text published in the newspaper El Comercio, 10 years ago Bayly was diagnosed with cancer, for which she decided to move with her family to the town of Máncora, and that among her favorite activities were those of spend time in her orchard and go biking.
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