By Tara Rippin • Published: 31 Jan 2020 • 16:15
HONOURED: The late, former Mayor of Villajoyosa as he is honoured with a landscaped area bearing his name, the Placeta Mayor Juan Segovia Esquerdo. CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Villajoyosa
AN official day of mourning will held by in Villajoyosa tomorrow (Saturday) following the death of former mayor, Segovia Esquerdo, who has died aged 73.
Representing PSOE, Esquerdo held mayorship between 1986 and 1999.
He passed away yesterday after a lengthy illness, and his funeral will take place on Saturday morning.
The Town Hall paid tribute to the man who was instrumental in many projects, including the regeneration of Centro beach and Censal Park, and who ‘loved the people of Villajoyosa’.
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Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region. She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990. Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.
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