In November two years of The death of Silvia Liceagathe woman who accompanied for more than four decades to Carlos Monti. And although time progresses, for the journalist the days spend very slow without his presence. “It is still difficult”, Acknowledged in a sincere talk in Puro Show (El Trece), where he opened his heart and talked about the duel, the absence and the deep mark that left the love of his life.
“Two years of Silvia were not completed. After 42 years of marriage … and it’s not easy“He said in a broken voice. And he continued:” There are moments that I am fine, moments that I am not so good. There are others in which Getting home after work, open the door and meet you is only the worst moment of the dayI can assure you. And the other moment that I feel the most is when I’m going to bed. ”
Monti did not avoid showing the vulnerability that crosses it. “I’m trying to recover. I talked to a psychologist to try … I don’t tell you to find solutions because finitude will touch us all. But try to understand what was happening and how to cope with life after 42 years of marriage, ”he said, visibly mobilized.
Amid so much pain, labor occupations became a support. “Work also helps a lot. I am a laborer of this, I have been in the middle for a long time and it is good for me to come here to the channel, workget fully into the program… ”
during the interview, he also talked about the most difficult years in which the mother of her children crossed her illness. “Silvia had a home hospitalization for seven years. When I was not, the nurse was all the time. I had a team of doctors who were all the time with her,” he recalled.
And he reaffirmed the decision he made without hesitation: “I made the determination, and I do not regret it, I would do it again, to be by his side as long as possible. I suspended absolutely everything. The only thing that mattered to me was to be next to her. Because I know I needed it.” And, in addition, he added: “I also wanted to be with her. They were very complicated, very brave moments that I had to live … Until, well, on November 4, 2023 the story was over. I want to say it in this way because it still costs me to talk about his death, ”he added with a lump in his throat.
The death of his wife generated a deep sadness in the entertainment world. The news was known through an APTRA statement, an entity of which Monti is a partner and was a manager: “On the morning of this Saturday Silvia Liceaga died, Carlos Monti’s wife”The couple was married since 1981 and had three children: María Paz, Ignacio and Milagros. Throughout their life, Silvia always maintained a low profile, away from the media, but her presence was essential in the driver’s life.
After being diagnosed with leukemia, Your partner was subjected to a marrow transplantbut in recent times his painting worsened and remained under household hospitalization. Despite the complexity of his state, he was always surrounded by the unconditional love of his family, who accompanied her to the end.
Silvia’s death marked a before and after in Carlos’s life. Almost two years after his departure, the journalist continues to travel the duel with the same integrity with which he accompanied his wife during his illness. Between memories, routines and a life that progresses, Monti continues to find at work a shelter and in the memory of Silvia a company that, even without physical presence, remains.
