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The mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, has transferred her condolence and that of the entire Municipal Corporation for the death this afternoon, at the age of 93, of Juan Carrión Gañán, Adoptive Son of Cartagena, "city to which he always professed a love Declared, "according to the mayor herself.
The veteran English teacher whose adventures to meet Beatle John Lennon during a shoot in Almería, inspired the film "Live is easy with eyes closed" by David Trueba and deserving of several awards Goya, has died in the early hours of this afternoon In the Hospital del Rosell, where he had been admitted for a few days and where minutes before his death he has given his last English class, reviewing sentences with two of his closest friends.
Castejón has emphasized the figure of Juan Carrión as a person advanced in his time, who had a spirit and enthusiasm, who spread to those around him, and inspired with his advanced teaching methods to numerous teachers and facilitated the learning of English to hundreds Of students.
Madrileño by birth began working as a Spanish teacher in Oxford, Paris and in several Spanish provinces, until arriving at the end of 50 of the last century in Cartagena, to introduce to the colony of the American base in the Spanish language and customs.
Later he would create his English academy where he developed his modern methods of learning, especially through lyrics of the Beatles.
His perfectionist zeal took him in 1966 to travel to Almeria to meet John Lenon, to ask him to complete the lyrics of his songs that he transcribed by ear to his students.
The encounter, related by Adolfo Iglesias' book "Juan y John", made from that moment the famous quartet included them in his records.
On December 10, 2015 Juan Carrión received the affectionate homage of the city in which he lived for 60 years, with the delivery of the title of Adoptive Son.
Carrión could not then contain the emotion in an impromptu speech in which he declared his deep love for Cartagena, which he liked to know through his streets and his students.
In recognition of this deep love, the mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, has offered to the family to cover the coffin with a shroud with the shield of Cartagena, which will carry during the funeral and burial.
The mortal remains of Juan Carrión are found in the funeral parlor Estavesa on the Paseo de Alfonso XIII.
The burial will take place tomorrow Thursday, August 31, at 18:30 hours in the chapel of the funeral.
Later it will be transferred to the cemetery of Our Lady of Los Remedios, where it will receive burial, as it indicated that outside, in life.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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