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(CNN Spanish) - This Sunday it was learned that Puerto Rican astrologer Walter Mercado Salinas died “because of a renal arrest” on Saturday night at the Hospital Auxilio Mutuo in San Juan, “about 9:40 at night”, According to a press release that quotes the nieces of the famous artist.
The funeral to fire the astrologer is scheduled for Wednesday, from 1:00 pm to Thursday, at the funeral home Puerto Rico Memorial de Santurce, according to his niece Ivonne Benet.
She also said that "the funeral of the famous astrologer will be this Friday at the cemetery El Señorial Memorial Park and Funeral Home."
MIRA : This is how Puerto Ricans remember Walter Mercado
Another of his nieces, Dannette Benet, in the same statement invited the entire town of Puerto Rico “to accompany us at the funeral home and the funeral. Because Walter was from the town. ”
On the last weeks of Walter Mercado, Dannette Benet added: "We were at his side for more than two weeks, morning, afternoon and night, just like Willie Acosta and all the closest people." Mercado was 87 years old.
Walter Mercado