The comic Manolo Vieira has died tonight on the age of 73, the identical day that he had been declared a Favorite Son of Gran Canaria by the island’s Cabildo, as confirmed by his consultant.
A real reference for a number of generations within the Canary Islands, Vieira had introduced the closure of his legendary humor membership in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, El Chistera, and was immersed in his farewell tour of the stage, “La última y nos vamos”, who had needed to droop final week resulting from well being issues.
“It could be very painful for us to speak that our artist and humorist from the Canary Islands, Manolo Vieira, has handed away tonight, Wednesday. In the following few hours we’ll give particulars. Thank you all very a lot for the love proven,” signifies a message launched by his consultant. .
As he used to inform himself, Manuel Domingo Vieira Montesdeoca entered the world of leisure in 1985, when he deserted the job he did within the morning to dedicate himself to working as a comic at evening, though at the moment in the identical bar the place he served the general public. as a waiter.
Your “Hat Hat” room
The following 12 months, he opened his personal room and his profession took a leap after arriving at Florida Park in Madrid, the place he was on the invoice for 18 consecutive months. Already in 1988 he based his legendary room “Histera”, which was now closing, after 35 years of exercise, and commenced to stay midway between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Madrid.
Ten years later, it was a hit in numerous theaters in Miami (USA) and in 1999 Luis del Olmo integrated it into the “Protagonistas” program, which accelerated its projection in Spain, prompted him to collaborate with numerous tv channels and, little by little, he was turning his Christmas reveals into a vital reference in his native Canary Islands.
Awarded the Canary Islands gold medal in 2002, Manolo Vieira had been named this Wednesday Favorite Son of Gran Canaria, together with the author Alexis Ravelo and the artist Jane Millares, each not too long ago deceased, and the professor Rafael Robaina.
Goodbye, Manolo 💙
We say goodbye to Manolo Vieira, who has made us snigger a lot for a few years. Today the appointment of him as Favorite Son of #GranCanaria was remembered for representing island humor, an indicator of the Canarian folks.
Thanks rather a lot. pic.twitter.com/BMqCJhYZ3g
– Cabildo Gran Canaria (@GranCanariaCab) February 8, 2023
Until he was compelled to droop a efficiency in Lanzarote just a few weeks in the past, Vieira had scheduled 4 performances of his farewell present on the Cuyás Theater in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, one in every of his “fetish” rooms, from April 13 to 16 .