Researcher reveals that Pedro Infante suffered depression and diabetes

One of the things that people know the most about Pedro Infante is his love of exercise, however it is little known that this was because he suffered diabetes and sometimes suffered depression.

In his presentation called the unknown life of Pedro Infante in Mérida, the researcher and director of the Faculty of Law of the Autonomous University of Yucatán (UADY), José Luis Vargas Aguilar, added that the loss of visual acuity, was another of theconditions that began to suffer the "idol of Mexico."

During his speech at the III Symposium on Cultural Heritage of Mérida, History customs and protagonists of the Mérida de Yucatán, recalled the long periods that infant lived in this city, but also enjoyed visiting the Yucatecan port of Celestún;Arenas Island, Campeche;as well as Chetumal and Cozumel, Quintana Roo.

Pedro Infante liked exercising very much, is known by all, but what is not known much is that he suffered diabetes and as at that time there were not as many medications for his control as now, because exercise is the best treatment, "he added.

Before his death, he also presented sight problems and a sample of this is that he was recommended to wear glasses in his pilot license.

And although Pedro Infante was never sad, he suffered from depression and when this was happening, it is when he came to Mérida more frequently, this is a fact that practically only knew the family.

There are two moments in which this depression was very strong: the first one occurs when his father dies, it was a hard blow to him;The second, with the suicide of Miroslava, was very shocking news for him, entered a very strong depression and by then he takes refuge in Mérida.

In the case of Miroslava, his death affects him because it is said that he was one of the few friends he had in the artistic environment, he was always surrounded by cinema stars, but he considered them only co -workers, his friends was actuallySimple people: technicians, pilots, etc.

Vargas Aguilar said that another of the people who Infante wanted a lot was Blanca Estela Pavón”

Another of the anecdotes, is that the film life is worth nothing, it gave in 1956 the actor of Guamuchil the statuette of the Ariel, which he received at home, because he did not attend the ceremony, since being nominated on several occasionsAnd not receive it, on that occasion he decided not to go, winning it and receiving it at home in Pajama.

That statuette is the only one who does not know where he is, however contemporary inhabitants of Pedro Infante claimAt the bottom of the fisherman's grandson, without knowing it.

Vargas Aguilar said that even when it is said that the day of the death of the singer and actor was the co -pilot of the aircraft, already in the air the roles were changed and the piloting before crashing.

On January 10, 1954, Pedro Infante did what was called a “lunch -cer” in this capital to hold the one granted by the license that accredited him as a flight captain with ten thousand miles traveled.

The party was held in the Hangars of Tamsa and to which Irma Dorantes, Humberto Prado attended, as well as a person who recently died and was called Pastor Cuello, a pilot of that company with whom he made a lot of friendship, among others.

One more anecdote refers to the motorcycle he handled in this city and that on the day of his death he disappeared from the Tamsa workshops, he was dismantled and then reensamblada.

The same happened with a convertible Mercedes, which does notIt is known what happened to him.

He recalled that his sources come from talks with the "wife" of Infante, without specifying a name;as well as with José Ernesto Infante Quintanilla, son of Pepe Infante Cruz and in addition to being Pedro's brother, he was also his double in tapes like the three huastecos.

One of the wishes that he continually made public was to be able to stay in Yucatan with Irma Dorantes, but his legal problems, which were many and linked to his sentimental life, prevented him.

Actually, although it is said that he married three times, the only legal wife he had was María Luisa León, since Lupita Torrentera and Irma Dorantes could never be legally joined, he finished.

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