Family Calls Remy Sylado Has A Stroke Andlying Ill For 2 Years

Funeral Home Remy Sylado/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The atmosphere of grief still surrounds the residence of writer and artist Remy Sylado in PLN Lot, Cipinang Muara, Jatinegara, East Jakarta, Monday, December 12. Seen some neighbors starting to mourn.

The late Remy Sylado breathed his last at 10.30 WIB. Emmy Tambayong, wife of the late Remy, could not hold back tears. According to him, her late husband had a stroke for the last 2 years.

"It is planned tomorrow (to be buried) at 11 pm in Menteng Pulo, South Jakarta," Emmy Tambayong, wife of the late Remy Sylado, told reporters, Monday, December 12.

Emmy further said that the late Remy wanted to be taken to the hospital, but instead threw his last breath before the ambulance arrived.

"Actually, he was sick and didn't want to eat, all night he was sick, I was also confused. I saw yesterday that I didn't eat. I didn't want oxygen to be installed (died)," he said.

Emmy said, on Monday morning before she died, she had time to make coffee for her husband. Emmy also had a chance to talk with her late husband.

"Even though this morning I was still chatting. For 2 years I kept lying down. I had a stroke," he said.

Previously reported, writer Yapi Tambayong alias Remy Sylado passed away Monday, December 12. Remy Sylado is known to have been sick in recent months.

He was taken to Tarakan Hospital after Anies Baswedan, who was still the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, visited him on Friday, January 14.

Remy Sylado is said to have not only hernia, but also stroke and kabarak. However, he has not been able to undergo treatment at the same time because he is no longer young.

In honor and dedication to munsyi, writer and culturalist Remy Sylado was held a joint prayer ceremony and auction for Remy Sylado's painting and the reading of a poem by Remy Sylado on Friday, February 4. The event, which took place at the Little Theater, Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM), Central Jakarta. In addition to writing many novels, he is also known to be good at painting, playing dramas, and knowing many films. Currently he lives in Bandung. Remy was awarded the 2002 Khatulistiwa Kusala Sastra prize for his novel Red Kedung Kirmizi.

Apart from being a writer, Remy Salado is known as an actor and a former Indonesian journalist. Thanks to his expertise in acting, Remy was given a nomination for the Citra Cup at the Indonesian Film Festival through the film Stay for a moment (1986) and Due to Cancer Cancer (1987).