Last year he went into cardiac arrest, but finally recovered, albeit with the doctors warning that he could have more problems on a recurring basis in the future. In 2005 he also had health problems, when he was diagnosed with a colon disease known as idiopathic myointimal hyperplasia of the mesenteric vein, for which he had to operate and remove the colon.
Despite this and all these ailments, he continued practising bodybuilding and training others, he has competed for more than 30 years, since he was 13 back in 1985, so he is a reference and that has been noticed in social networks with him announcement of his death, receiving many expressions of affection.
