Rebecca Jones planned her tribute long before she died. She sent her friends an email with the step by step of her farewell (Instagram / @ la_rebeccajones)
Rebecca Jones died at the age of 65 this Wednesday, March 22, and one of the only people who have made statements regarding the death of the actress has been Ana Celia Urquidi, one of her best friends and who was in charge of confirming the cause of death of the playwright
In a short meeting with the press, outside the funeral home to which only close friends and Jones’ son have access, Ana Celia shared that the protagonist of The Devil’s Smile was not fully aware that she might die. this morning, but he knew that his health had not been in the best condition for years.
As had been speculated from the moment Rebecca’s death was announced, Urquidi confirmed that it was due to the cancer that had been detected since 2017.
Ana Celia revealed that she does not know if Alejandro Camacho will be at Rebecca’s funeral (Instagram/@anaceliaurquidi)
“We all know that Rebecca had cancer many years ago, with which I am not going to say ‘she fought’ again because she did not like to say ‘it is that I fought’, no, she lived what she had to live, she lived to where touched him”
Speaking about her friend’s cause of death, she emphasized that Jones rarely wanted to talk about her cancer because she didn’t want to be seen as pitying, just as she didn’t like to say she was “fighting” an illness.
It was for the same reason that he did not want a funeral, but a tribute. In order for her friends and family to fulfill her last will to remember her as a great star, she wrote an email to those she wanted to celebrate her.
Rebecca did not want the press to enter her funeral so that she would not be fired in a “sad” way, she did not want anyone to cry or regret her death (Instagram/@la_rebeccajones)
In said email, he explained every detail that he wanted his tribute to have, including a rule about how he wanted attendees to dress.
“Believe me she said: ‘I want there to be press, I want them to go dressed in black, and if they don’t go dressed in black and elegant, don’t even go'”
Ana pointed out that no one was invited to the funeral because Rebecca had asked for it years before her health declined, so she denied that the actress had planned her tribute at the last minute.
The place where Jones would be fired by her family was not revealed so that the press could not find the place (Instagram/@anaceliaurquidi)
“She always planned it that way, with great joy, with a great attitude. She said: ‘I want this, I want this. I don’t want the press, I don’t want a funeral (…) don’t make me poor because I’m not poor,’” the producer recalled.
The funeral was attended only by Ana Celia, three other close friends of Jones and her son, Maximiliano, as requested by the histrionisa.
Danna Vázquez, Rebecca’s representative, on the Hoy program mentioned that the protagonist of Dos vidas wanted the funeral to be only for her son, so she could say goodbye to her without inconvenience and live her mourning without the insistence of the press.
The actress denied that she had had a cancer relapse, but Alejandro Camacho uncovered it months ago (Instagram/@la_rebeccajones)
Ana Celia is one of those in charge of organizing Rebecca’s posthumous tribute, for which there is still no date since the histrionisa asked them to do it to the letter, no matter how long it took to do it.
The artist died during the early hours of March 22, at her home, surrounded by her family and in peace, according to Danna Vázquez. Shortly before she died, some of her closest loved ones were notified of Jones’ state of health, including Alejandro Camacho.
Since the actress was aware that she couldn’t possibly live another day, she said goodbye to her son and his friends. At first, she did not want to reveal the reason for her death because she at the time denied having been diagnosed with cancer again.