Hermes Suarez, the young chicharrero who fought for months against blood cancer, he died on Monday after not overcoming the disease. Residing in Taganana, in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Hermes had launched a campaign not only to get a bone marrow, but above all to encourage organ donation for cases like his. The young man had found a donor at the last minute, when the limit given by the doctors was approaching, but he did not improve with the bone marrow transplant. His family and friends said goodbye to him this Tuesday at the Santa Lastenia Funeral Home in the capital of Tenerife. Social networks were filled with messages of consternation over the loss of Hermes Suárez. For example, the comparsa Río Orinoco, of which he was a member, put on his Facebook profile: “We will never forget you.”
