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Since then her widower, Humberto Zurita, and her two sons, Sebastián and Emiliano, kept the cause of death of the Argentine actress a secret despite the rumors, since it was speculated at that time that she suffered from multiple sclerosis.
What did Christian Bach die of?
Three years and six months after his death, Humberto Zurita revealed the disease that took the life of his wife, with whom he was married for 34 years.
However, the 68-year-old actor withheld the details of the illness to fulfill Christian Bach’s wish.
“What was her process and all that stays with her, that’s how she wanted it. It’s something that we owe her, it’s not that we want to have a secret,” he said about why he and his children will not talk about it.
“I do not like to make a show of my life, or that of my children or anyone else, but it is a respect for my wife and out of respect for her that topic we do keep it,” he added in the interview without giving further details. .
Speculations about the health of Christian Bach
In 2014, the Argentine recorded her last soap opera, ‘La Impostora’, and then disappeared from public life, for which reason rumors that she suffered from a degenerative or incurable disease began to circulate.
It was speculated that she had multiple sclerosis or cancer, it was even said that she was bedridden because, presumably, she did not have much mobility in her arms and other parts of her body.
In 2017, Humberto and Christian changed their residence, they moved from Miami to Los Angeles, where their children lived, which raised suspicions that it was for the health of the actress.
Despite the speculation surrounding Bach, his family always denied his health problems, until in 2017 Humberto pointed out that his wife had a vertebra ailment.
“She’s fine, I don’t know where these things came from. She has a problem with a vertebra that is biting a nerve there. She doesn’t want to operate and prefers to be in therapy and see if it goes ahead,” she told ‘Suelta’ at the time. Soup’.
Due to the secrecy of the actress’s family, her death took her followers by surprise when they announced it through a press release on March 1, 2019.
“It was always his will to keep personal and family matters in absolute privacy, in order to be able to lead a normal life, parallel to our profession and the media exposure derived from our work. It is this public part of our life that today forces us to to share with all of you this great loss for the family”, could be read in the message.
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This Wednesday, February 26, marks the first anniversary of the death of the naturalized Mexican Argentine actress, Christian Bach, who died of respiratory arrest in 2019, at the age of 59.
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The actress has moved away from the small screen since 2014, the year in which she finished recording her latest soap opera ‘La impostora’. From that date until the day of her death, rumors arose about her health.
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Before her death, the Zurita Bach family repeatedly denied that the actress was seriously ill.
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In February 2017, her husband, the actor Humberto Zurita, was interviewed about it on the “Suelta la sopa” program: “She is very well. I don’t know where these things came from. She has a problem with a vertebra that is biting her there a nerve. He doesn’t want to operate and he prefers to be in therapy seeing if he gets ahead”.
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At the end of 2017, during the presentation of the work ‘Class Enemy’, Humberto Zurita was questioned again. Although she spoke about “a problem with some vertebrae” that she had not wanted (to have surgery), and that had affected her arm, her response was concise: “It’s very good. Christian is with us, it’s fine, and up to that point, it’s the important thing”.
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In May 2018, his son Sebastián Zurita also made statements about his state of health: “He is fine. Everything the same as always, as I have told you. I know you haven’t seen her on camera much, but it’s more of a personal thing for her.”
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The family limited itself to repeating that Bach had left his career because those who should shine were the heirs. “Today he says that he prefers to live off our achievements, to see our projects,” explained the first-born of the actress, who along with her brother was taking the baton that their parents left them, according to Humberto Zurita.
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Before her death, the actress had not only left work, she had also left public life since 2015.
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This image is from the last time he was seen at a public event. In May 2015, the actress attended the premiere of “Daddy dear”, a play starring Humberto Zurita, in Mexico City.
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This gave rise to a series of rumors about the possible illness he suffered from. One of the versions suggested that it was multiple sclerosis.
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There was also speculation about the possibility that he suffered from some type of cancer, a degenerative disease or something incurable. In the same way, it was said that she had a condition that prevented her from moving her hands and other parts of her body, she said that she was bedridden.
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The followers of the Zurita Bach family had access to the latest photographs of the actress thanks to social networks. On August 30, 2016, Humberto Zurita published this image of the Father’s Day celebration, Christian Bach was next to him.
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Four days later, on September 3, he shared another photo where the actress was once again seen with the family.
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Emiliano Zurita, the couple’s son, published one more image of his mother on January 1, 2017.
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On May 1, 2017, Sebastián and Emiliano Zurita were questioned about their parents’ change of residence from Miami to Los Angeles, which had been speculated to be due to Bach’s health problems.
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Sebastián explained: “They just moved from Miami to Los Angeles. My mother, in mother hen, said: ‘Well, no one is going to visit Miami anymore.’ there”.
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On March 1, 2019, the family shared a statement announcing that Christian Bach had died due to respiratory arrest on February 26 at age 59, in Los Angeles.
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“It was always his will to keep personal and family matters in absolute privacy, in order to be able to lead a normal life, parallel to our profession and the media exposure derived from our work. It is this public part of our life that today forces us to to share with all of you this great loss for the family”, could be read in the message.
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Until now, the reason for his death remains a mystery.
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In an interview a couple of months after the death of Christian Bach, the 65-year-old actor spoke about how he felt and what it meant to him to have lost his wife.
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“She (Christian Bach) did not deserve it because she was a woman with very good habits and very strict with life: she did not smoke, she did not drink, she exercised a lot,” she said in an interview for Hello! TV.
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“It is not known why things happen, but it is better, in this case, to always remember her every day of my life; to have her in my heart, to do things as we did with her and to continue…, to continue,” he said. Humberto Zurita.
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The actor, who uses his Instagram account to publish images of the actress in which he dedicates love messages to her, pointed out that he was grieving with his children in a family way. He assured that she “is in our hearts. For us she will never die, she will never forget us.”
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He explained that both he and his children want to honor her “by doing what we like, with the same passion, dedication and love.” She assured that this is the way they have of her “to remember her every day.”
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In that same conversation, the protagonist of ‘Sometimes we will have wings’ assured that thanks to faith he has hope that another life exists, which leads him to believe that his wife “may be in a better place and that you are going to meet again some day”.
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The actor expressed that he still cannot get used to Christian Bach’s departure, “I cannot forget her, she is always with me, in everything I do.”
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The following August, Sebastián Zurita attended the Ventaneando program, where he talked about how he was visiting Los Angeles the day his mother died and had to stay there, even though he was halfway through filming El juego de las llaves.
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“I remember that I spoke to my producer and said: ‘You know what? This just happened to me, and I need to stay. Sorry.’ And they are also the processes of life. We had to do everything we had to do and go back to work because that’s life. Life goes on,” he explained.
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Both Humberto Zurita and his children, Sebastián and Emiliano Zurita, use their Instagram accounts to post photos of their mother.
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The person who does it most frequently is Humberto Zurita. On February 6, he shared an image of a New Year’s celebration, accompanied by the following text: “What a good photo to remember those wonderful moments that the four of us had to be together. Today I am glad to be able to write these words; remember and feel that moment of fullness again. We are a happy family and grateful to life as you taught us. A family that never forgets you and to which unites the love with which you always sheltered us, beautiful Christian”.
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That same day, Sebastián Zurita published an image in which he appears in his father’s arms. “I think they’re not ready for this #tbt / this is the mother of #tbt.”
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In March 2019, Emiliano uploaded a photo of his “beautiful mom” and his “monkey brother.” It is the last that he has published of her.
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Very early this Wednesday, Humberto Zurita sent a heartfelt message to his deceased wife, one year after saying goodbye.
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