The singer Darío Gómez, the well-known ‘king of spite’, passed away

Popular music singer Darío Gómez passed away this Tuesday afternoon at the Clínica de las Américas in Medellínwhere he was admitted in a state of unconsciousness, according to the medical center.

“Clínica Las Américas Auna is allowed to report that today, July 26, 2022, Mr. Darío Gómez Zapata entered the emergency service in a state of unconsciousness, after having suffered a sudden collapse in his home,” says the center. doctor in a short statement.

The clinic stressed that the well-known “king of spite” was admitted without vital signs and was taken to the resuscitation room, “where advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers were performed without results and finally his death was declared at 7:31 p.m. ”.

It is expected that in the next few hours the singer’s family will make a statement together. Meanwhile, artists like Luis Alberto Posada left messages of condolence on social networks.

“My heart today embraces your memory, soul mate. To King Darío Gómez all my love, respect and admiration. Peace in his grave, king,” Posada wrote on his Instagram account.

For his part, former President Álvaro Uribe, who on several occasions had pointed out that Darío Gómez was his friend and that he owed him “all the gratitude,” wrote on his Twitter account: “Sad night with Darío Gómez already reaching heaven. His songs and his personality remain lodged in the hearts of millions. Thank you, Master Dario.

Through the same channel, the Ministry of Culture highlighted the importance of Darío Gómez in Colombian music and lamented his death. “We mourn the death of Darío Gómez, the ‘king of spite’, a renowned Colombian singer and composer of popular music. We will forever remember his interpretations and the lyrics that have accompanied Colombians generation after generation.”

The legend of the ‘king of spite’

Gómez was known as the ‘king of spite’, which raises questions about the origin of this nickname.

On several occasions, the singer revealed that this nickname was given to him by the announcer Nelson Moreno Holguín, at the time he was promoting one of his albums in 1992, since he presented him as Darío Gómez the “king of spite”, and from there he used it for the rest of his career.

And it is precisely for that year, the interpreter of nobody is eternal he was promoting his album the king of spitewhich would be his thirteenth musical work.

the tragedies of his life

Although his life has been marked by different tragedies, one that stood out It was the day he confessed to killing his dad.

According to the renowned artist, his father was cursed because, according to Gómez, his father messed with another woman.

“My dad was given that curse so concentrated that he was given it was for killing my mom”which is why he ended up becoming another person and according to Darío Gómez, his family began to ignore him.

“When I was very angry because of jealousy, I wanted to kill my mother. He sometimes said that he wanted to kill her and even kill her children, and then kill himself, ”said the singer of ´No one is eternal in the world.

Given the facts shown, the relationship with his father began to be very distant between him and several members of the family, to such an extent that his brother Orlando Gómez ended up running away from home.

Likewise, Gómez stated at the time that this abuse lasted for more than a year and everyone was surprised by these actions since, according to him, he was a great husband and father.

The day of the tragedy happened one night, when they were on their way to rest, however, his father came to make problems for his mother, because he insisted that he should kill her that day.

Gómez assured that that day he hit her five times with the machete and gave her a fist. Then, he took the shotgun and loaded it to carry out the death of his mother.

“After having beaten her, my mother, he took the shotgun and loaded it to kill her. I threw myself at him and grabbed the shotgun. I ran out with her to dump her in the orchard without even knowing that she was mounted,” she said.

Despite the fact that he had the handle on the front and the barrel of the gun on the back, Darío Gómez ended up shooting and the worst happened: the artist had killed his father.

“That day the shot went off and I killed my dad. My father immediately bled to death and I dropped the shotgun,” he stated.

Given this fact, the artist acknowledged that he suffered from anxiety for feeling guilty about the death of his father, to the point of wanting to end his life to go with his father, since, according to him, he was a child very spoiled by his father. .