The city of Gijón has said its last goodbye to Arturo Fernández, who died this Thursday in Madrid at the age of 90. Thousands of people from Gijón, along with representatives of Asturian politics and culture, have come this Friday to the Jovellanos theater in Gijón to say their last goodbye to the actor and theater entrepreneur Arturo Fernández, the leading man of the Spanish theater par excellence, who died yesterday at 90 years in Madrid The coffin with the mortal remains of the now legendary actor, born in Gijón on February 21, 1929, arrived at the Gijón bullring at around 2:30 p.m. and there it has remained covered with a flag of Spain and surrounded by a dozen crowns. of flowers, along with a photo of the actor. which will be held at the church of San Pedro. The heat prevented thousands of people from Gijón from having passed through the Jovellanos all afternoon to say goodbye to the actor who, with his grace as a theatrical gallant, endorsed the tagline «chatín» and «cha tina “, and which reached the whole of Spain through television series such as” The house of trouble. “Conchita González, 67, was the first to arrive at the Jovellanos Theater at 1:30 p.m. to say goodbye to the” gallant of gallants »who was always proud of Gijón. In fact, the actor has been the Villa’s favorite son since 1994, an honor to which he added four years later the title of Oviedo of adoption. “He carried Gijón in his soul,” said Paz Menéndez as he waited his turn to pay his tribute the actor, while Esther Rodríguez, who last saw him on stage two years ago, remarked shortly after that he always promoted his land.For all those who have attended Jovellanos, the actor’s middle son, Arturo Fernández Sensat, has had words of gratitude, who has assured that his father “never left Gijón” and “if there has been someone who has taken Asturias and Gijón for He was always the flag. ”Fernández Sensat, who has assured that in his house there was always cider and fabes for the morriña that the actor never got rid of, has admitted that if he was known as a gallant it would be for something, although in his His opinion was due to his “way of understanding a type of theater.” Faces from the world of Asturian politics have also joined in the goodbye that Madrid gave yesterday to the actor in the burning chapel of the La Paz funeral home through which faces like that of the Mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez Almeida, the president of Atlético de Madrid and film producer Enrique Cerezo, or the actress and presenter Norma Duval. “The name of Asturias, its Asturiania and its specific connection with Gijón walked through all the stages” , has highlighted the President of the Principality, Javier Fernández, who has revealed that he met the actor, a person full of energy who always had projects. After the minute of silence, he has brought together representatives of PSOE, Cs, PP, Foro and Vox and that ended with applause in honor of Fernández, the mayor of Gijón, the socialist Ana González, pointed out that the actor was a “deep Gijón” who “carried the name of Gijón in all those places where he performed with real pride.” PP spokesperson at the General Meeting, Teresa Mallada, has described the actor as “one of the best” artists and representatives of Gijón, while the mayor of Oviedo, Alfredo Canteli, has affirmed that “he would have something” when despite being from Gijón Oviedo made him Oviedo for adoption in 1998.Arturo Fernández, who dedicated 68 of his 90 years to the theater, participated in numerous film productions such as “The Girls of the Red Cross” or “From the dawn to dawn” and television, among which are “Truhanes”, a television version of the eponymous film, or “The House of Troubles.” In his theatrical career titles such as “The roller coaster”, “Duck to the orange”, “Smoking”, “Men do not lie” or “High seduction” stand out. the one who has been on tour in Spain the months before his death.