The son of the Marquises of Urquijo, Juan Manuel de la Sierra, dies at the age of 63 after a long illness

J.uan Manuel de la Sierra, youngest son of the Marquises of Urquijo and who held his parents' title since their death, has died in a hospital in Madrid at the age of 63 due to a long illness. The businessman, who always led a life away from the media spotlight, will be fired this afternoon in a private ceremony attended only by his closest family members.

Married to Rocío Caruncho for 22 years, the Marquis of Urquijo had resided in Panama for decades, where he participated in several companies and held the executive presidency of the 'Pacific Credit Rating', PCR risk rating agency. The father of three children – Victoria, Juan and Marieta – he had been fighting for years against a serious illness that unfortunately he has not been able to overcome.

Juan Manuel was the youngest son of the Marquises of Urquijo, María Lourdes de Urquijo and Manuel de la Sierra, whose murder while they slept in their residence on the outskirts of Madrid on August 1, 1980 left our country shocked. A crime that has never been clarified and for which the ex-husband of his daughter Myriam de la Sierra, Rafael Escobedo, was sentenced to more than 50 years in prison, which he did not serve because in 1988 he committed suicide. in his cell.

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