Colombian singer Juanes (Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez) recently revealed one of the most painful chapters of his life: the severe illness and subsequent death of his sister Luz Cecilia Aristizábal Vásquez, who remained in a coma for 27 years. Luz Cecilia suffered complications after giving birth to her daughter in 1992: an internal hemorrhage that could not be controlled in time, partly due to a lack of compatible blood at the hospital, leaving her in a vegetative state. For nearly three decades, her body lived without an apparent connection to her surroundings, turning the situation into a 'limbo' for the family: '27 years passed without knowing anything,' Juanes recalls. Finally, Luz Cecilia passed away in 2019 at the age of 50. Juanes does not hide that this episode represented a before and after in his life, his music, and his family. And although the loss remains immense, his personal and artistic legacy incorporates that experience, making it part of his truth. For him, music became a refuge and a way to channel that pain: holding on to his career, to his art, was part of how he responded to his suffering. Beyond the personal tragedy, Juanes has drawn a universal lesson from his sister's experience: that everyone carries a cross, that suffering excludes no one, and that life—with its ups and downs—also brings teachings. 'When my sister died... it was very sad and very crazy at the same time to feel that she died and that we all rested,' the artist assured. For Juanes, that fact set a course: music, sensitivity, empathy. In his own words: 'This began a story that shaped my life and my family and my music and my everything.'
