Omar Geles in his last concert with Silvestre Dangond, they reveal how his health was

The singer and composer Omar Geles He died due to health problems on May 21. Days before his death, he had participated in the concert of his friend Silvestre Dangond, in Bogotáwhere he met with several colleagues to interpret To black and white.

Before more than 30 thousand attendees at the El Campín stadium, Dangond performed as part of his tour The power has arrived! In the middle of the show, held on May 18, vallenato singers went up on stage and surprised him.

Karen Lizarazo, Gusi, Elder Dayán Díaz, Rafa Pérez, Penchy Castro, Churo Díaz, Diego Daza and Ómar Geles, dressed in white, wanted to pay him a small tribute. However, The one who ended up applauded and highlighted by Dangond was Geles.

“You don’t need an introduction. Everyone knows the immense love I feel for you and your songs. Half my career is in your hands, black. I adore you, my black, I love you,” Dangond said and gave him a big hug.

Geles, 57 years old, did not waste the space to also flatter him with some verses:

This is what Omar Geles says
because I’m right
one day God gave us Diomedes
And today to Silvestre Dangond

They reveal how Ómar Geles was at his last concert with Silvestre Dangond

The singer Rafa Pérez said, in a conversation with the television program Final Filethat Geles was the only one who did not attend the sound check for the Dangond concert: “The flight was delayed and he arrived late.”

Yes, he had time to share with his colleagues in the dressing rooms. There he was seen smiling.

“He was very nervous. I saw that they were massaging his arm, his shoulder hurt. Nobody saw any malice in him. (It was) suddenly tiredness, some movement,” said Pérez.

The artist Elder Dayán also noted that “he was anxious, as if desperate”. Even Diomedes Díaz’s son did not receive him a glass of whiskey: “At that precise moment, he tells Érick (the manager) that he is drowning and begins to move his arms as if to catch air.”

Minutes later, it was time to go up to the concert. “He comes out (on stage) and feels nervous, you could see in his face that it wasn’t him,” said Elder Dayan for the cameras. Snail Television.

Three days later, Geles collapsed while playing a tennis match with his friend Osmar Pérez.

What did Ómar Geles die of?

The singer was transferred to the Erasmo Clinic in Valledupar, where he arrived without vital signs, “after suffering syncope while playing tennis”specified the hospital entity.

Although they revived him for several minutes, he did not respond.

“On behalf of all the staff at the Erasmo Clinic, we express our most sincere condolences to the family, friends and followers of Omar Geles. His artistic legacy and contribution to music will be remembered forever,” the Clinic added.

Syncope or fainting can be the cause of heart problems, the United States National Library of Medicine has explained.

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