Diana Garrigosa Explained

Diana Garrigosa Laspeñas (10 November 1944 – 10 February 2020) was a Spanish economist and teacher, wife of 127th President of the Generalitat of Catalonia Pasqual Maragall and president of Pasqual Maragall Foundation since its establishment in 2008.^[1]

Biography

Born in Barcelona in 1944, she studied Economy at the University of Barcelona and completed a Master of Econometrics in The New School for Social Research of New York City. After returning to Spain, she worked at the Barcelona City Council's Municipal Computer Center and was a computer science teacher at the Aula school of the city.^[2]

She married Pasqual Maragall in 1965, and they had three children. She was a militant of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia for much of his life, leaving the party^[3] just before she knew that Pasqual Maragall would not be presidential in the 2006 regional election.^[4]

On the occasion of the Olympic Games in Barcelona, in 1992, her husband being mayor of Barcelona, she made one of the reliefs of the Olympic torch.^[5]

On 20 October 2007, her husband announced that he was suffering from Alzheimer's^[6] and she devoted her life to taking care of him.^[7] In April 2008, together with her husband, she created the Pasqual Maragall Foundation, dedicated to the fight against this disease.^{[8] [9]}

In 2010 she starred, together with Maragall, in the documentary film by Carles Bosch, that won a Goya Award^[10] in 2011 for Best Documentary and a Gaudí Award the same year.^{[11] [12]}

She died suddenly on February 10, 2020, at the age of 76, from a heart attack.^[13]

Notes and References

1. https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20200210/473429722886/muere-diana-garrigosa.html Muere Diana Garrigosa
2. https://cat.elpais.com/cat/2020/02/10/catalunya/1581364042_936498.html Mor Diana Garrigosa, esposa de Pasqual Maragall
3. http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/09/01/espana/1157097507.html Diana Garrigosa, la esposa de Pasqual Maragall, se da de baja como militante del PSC
4. https://elpais.com/diario/2006/06/22/opinion/1150927202_850215.html Maragall no repite
5. https://www.ara.cat/opinio/adeu-sobtat-Diana-Garrigosa_0_2396760510.html L'adeu sobtat de Diana Garrigosa
6. https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/10/20/espana/1192879290.html Maragall anuncia que padece Alzheimer
7. https://www.abc.es/opinion/abci-salvador-sostres-cataluna-pudo-202002111748_noticia.html La Cataluña que pudo ser
8. https://elpais.com/diario/2008/06/20/catalunya/1213924039_850215.html Maragall contra el alzhéimer
9. https://ccfundacions.cat/directori-de-fundacions/fundacio-privada-pasqual-maragall-per-a-la-recerca-sobre-lalzheimer/ FUNDACIÓ PRIVADA PASQUAL MARAGALL PER A LA RECERCA SOBRE L’ALZHEIMER
10. https://fpmaragall.org/noticias/bicicleta-cuchara-manzana-galardonada-con-el-goya-a-la-mejor-pelicula-documental/ “Bicicleta, cuchara, manzana” galardonada con el Goya a la mejor película documental.
11. https://fpmaragall.org/ca/bicicleta-cullera-poma-guardonada-als-premis-gaudi-i-jose-maria-forquebicicleta-cuchara-manzana-galardonada-en-los-premios-gaudi-y-jose-maria-forque/ “Bicicleta, cullera, poma” guardonada als premis Gaudí i José María Forqué.
12. https://www.guiadelocio.com/cine/archivo-peliculas/bicicleta-cuchara-manzana Bicicleta, cuchara, manzana
13. https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/4147508/0/muere-diana-garrigosa-la-esposa-del-expresident-pasqual-maragall/ Muere Diana Garrigosa, esposa del expresidente de la Generalitat, Pasqual Maragall