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Carlos Marín, member of the Il Divo group, dies

2021-12-19T22:12:04.443Z


The 53-year-old singer has died in a UK hospital, where he was admitted on the 8th after being suddenly ill


The 53-year-old Spanish singer Carlos Marín, a member of the Il Divo group, died this Sunday, according to his training on social networks.

“It is with great regret that we let you know that our friend and partner Carlos Marín has passed away.

Your friends, family and followers will miss you.

There will never be another voice or spirit like Carlos ”, the group wrote on Instagram and Twitter.

The cause has not been officially revealed.

According to the

TVE

program

Corazón,

which claims to have spoken with the representative, the musician had been infected with covid.

Marín had been in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Manchester Royal Hospital in the United Kingdom since December 8, intubated and in an induced coma. The singer, who was on tour in England, began to feel ill the day before, which required his admission to hospital, and the suspension of the gala scheduled in A Coruña next Wednesday, according to sources from his record company, Universal. Music. It was also reported on the group's Twitter account: “Our dear friend and colleague, Carlos, is in the hospital. We hope and pray for a speedy recovery. "

It is with heavy hearts that we are letting you know that our friend and partner, Carlos Marin, has passed away.

He will be missed by his friends, family and fans.

There will never be another voice or spirit like Carlos.

pic.twitter.com/uyRFjXADF6

- Il Divo (@ildivoofficial) December 19, 2021

Marín was born to Spanish parents in Rüsselsheim, Germany, in 1968, but moved with his family to Madrid at the age of 12. He had Spanish nationality and spoke English, French, Spanish and German. Marín, a baritone who from the age of eight has already stood out for his exceptional conditions as a singer, appeared on the TVE

Gente

Joven talent program

and won it twice: at the age of 15 and at the age of 19. Later he worked in one of Jesús Hermida's programs and later forged a career as an actor in musicals such as

Les Miserables

or

Beauty and the Beast.

Until he joined the Il Divo project in 2003, a laboratory group created by music producer Simon Cowell, an expert in building commercial music projects such as One Direction, Westlife, Demi Lovato or new talent shows such as

X Factor

or

Got Talent.

. Cowell was fascinated by the success of the Los Tres Tenores project (the union of Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras and Plácido Domingo) and set out to create a group that would combine classical music with pop. After

casting

around the world, he found the four singers: the Swiss Urs Bühler, the French Sébastien Izambard, the American David Miller and the Spanish Carlos Marín. Together they have released nine studio albums, from the namesake

Il Divo

(2004) to the most recent

For Once In My Life: A Celebration of Motown

(2021), with which they have managed to sell nearly 40 million copies worldwide.

Marín was married to French singer Geraldine Larrosa, artistically known as Innocence, for 17 years.

They met while working on the musical

Les Misérables

.

After the separation they continued to collaborate and Marín was the producer of several Innocence songs.

On September 8, the singer published an image of the two on her Instagram account.

One of the couple's collaborations is on the Queen theme

Bohemian Rhapsody,

including

on Marín's solo album

Portrait

(2020).

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by INNOCENCE (@innocence_es)

The singer went out of his way to make it clear in each of his interviews that the group's name did not portray his personality.

"I am not a presumptuous divo, but a most normal type," he repeated.

The Christmas period is Il Divo's favorite as one of its specialties is adapting Christmas carols.

One of his best-selling albums is

The Christmas Collection,

with reinterpretations of

Blanca Navidad

or

Adeste Fideles.

His tours were always appreciated by an unpretentious audience eager to see a colorful show with solvent vocalists.


Source: elparis

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