This Tuesday, June 25, Ricardo Iorio I would have turned 62 years old. The death of the founder and leader of the metal bands V8, Hermética and Almafuerte left his fans and family, who accompanied him from the beginning of his career, devastated. Less than a year after his death, His eldest daughter Daiana dedicated some heartfelt words to him on her account. instagramwhere he remembered the father of Argentine heavy metal with a tender photo of both.
“The difficult dates, which excavate years of life lived. Over 36 years I saw you fight a lot. That prepared me. What is a man without faith? Is there any treasure worth anything, if it is from this world? Yes, it exists. The little treasures,” began the young woman’s post, who accumulated more than 5 thousand likes within a few hours of making it public in cyberspace.
He then continued: “June 25 several years ago is a reason to commemorate heavy metal, and I accompany; also a day when friends get together to listen to you and remember moments under the shelter of a barbecue; also a day that will stir a special feeling in many people throughout the country and in other places as well. I’ll stick with this one: the replica”.
“I saw you feed the hungry, pay for operations, awaken purpose in the hopeless, give books to the illiterate, vision to the everyday, you helped friends start businesses, you formed couples, you predicted the births of their children, and You could make a book just of the people you took to their homes or jobs on the road.. Just as you took care of spreading hidden and forgotten artists, it was always necessary to do the same with you. But this relevance, so significant, is drowned in possession,” continued Iorio’s daughter, who assured that “you are too big to belong to someone.”
“If we do not take that piece of life that we experience and transmit it to another, it becomes extinct. Squeezed in the hand to hold him, he suffocates. Music as a perfect vehicle, national sentiment as a true message, generosity as a way of life. Giving a gift is not losing, it is reaping,” he expressed in another part of the publication that he dedicated to his father on the day of his birth. And, in closing, he wrote: “It would be strange if someone who loved you did not understand it that way.”
Given the words of the deceased musician’s daughter, the comments section was filled with endless messages dedicating words of encouragement and affection to her. “By the fruit you know the tree”“Heir to genuine truths like your father, today and always in our hearts”, “Still the greatest of all”, “What beautiful words coming from your well-bred heart…” “Eternal and unforgettable iorio”“Always on Ricardo’s side of life,” were some of the reactions from fans on the Meta platform.
The musician’s death took place on October 24, 2023. According to his lawyer, Juan Ignacio Vitalini, in dialogue with the radio Rock pop, He would have suffered a heart attack while he was at home, located in a rural area of Coronel Suárez. “Rumors began to spread in Bahía Blanca. “I tried to talk to some relatives, the woman confirmed the sad news,” the lawyer said at the time.
Regarding the artist’s symptoms, he explained: “He started to feel bad at home, a strong pain in his chest, he went to bed, they called the ambulance and he died on the way.; When she arrived she had already died. It was unknown if she had had any previous problems, the lady tells me no. It’s all very surprising. She was all right, she just felt that pain in her chest. Crazy. “It is sad news.”
They passed just a few minutes for the official report to be knownwhich maintained that “the emergency telephone number from the local medical room had been called, requesting police personnel in the field where Ricardo Iorio resides in the rural area of Coronel Suárez, 80 kilometers from this, realizing that he would have died. Reason for which immediate notice was given to the jurisdictional personnel as jurisdiction corresponds.”
