Ismael Miranda is undergoing surgery for problems in the cerebellum

The salsero Ismael Miranda, 70 years old, had surgery yesterday Saturday January 23 at 8:30 pm on the recommendation of his doctor after complications in the cerebellumhis family reported in a press release.

The Puerto Rican has been in hospital since Friday when he felt severely dizzy, so doctors decided to keep him under observation. After several tests, it was confirmed that the singer was suffering from a stroke.

“To our family, friends, colleagues in the art scene and fans around the world, we would like to thank you for the calls, good wishes and encouragement. Your prayers testify to us and support us in this process. We are very grateful for your displays of affection during this test “the said statement.

“Yesterday, Saturday January 23, at 8.30 pm, Ismael was operated on on the advice of his doctor because of complications in the cerebellum. The operation ended at 12.30 pm with a favorable result “, the letter describes. ‘He is currently being observed and is recovering. We will be grateful if you do not stop praying for him so that we can have him back home soon ”.

In 2019 Miranda celebrated his 53 years in music where he recalled, among other things, his arrival in La Fania in 1968, when he was barely 18 years old.

Then they started calling him “The Pretty Boy”. ‘And it wasn’t because I was the youngest or the prettiest. It’s that one day I was late for a rehearsal and the director, Johnny Pacheco, told me: how beautiful! … and that night on the show he introduced me as ‘El Niño Bonito’ ”, Ismael said in an interview with El Nuevo Día. Puerto Rico.

In the Fania, the singer who turns 71 in February, also formed his own orchestra “Revelación”.