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<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          Europe<\/p>\n<p>                          Europe News<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction triggered major protests, has died in hospital, lawyer says<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" 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hospital late on Wednesday. Protesters say they will continue to demonstrate to uphold her legacy.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>Mar\u00eda del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her longtime Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis in the country culminating in the government calling for snap elections, died on Wednesday while hospitalised.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez led the way on social media offering his condolences after housing activists and Abascal&#8217;s lawyer announced her death. Known widely as \u201cMaricarmen,\u201d she had become a symbol for renters struggling with Spain&#8217;s housing affordability crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll my love to Maricarmen\u2019s family and loved ones,\u201d S\u00e1nchez wrote in a post on X. \u201cA hug as well to all of us who feel this loss as our own today. Rest in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The emotions ran into anger on the street among the protesters gathered near Spain&#8217;s Parliament who chanted \u201cMaricarmen lives, the fight goes on!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA great deal of sorrow. And above all, the thought that she is the cause, the head of this whole revolution that has happened, and that she can\u2019t see it,\u201d said Iciar L\u00f3pez, a 32-year-old psychologist and protester in the capital Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes me very sad that she can\u2019t see if anything comes of it. That\u2019s what angers me the most, honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spaniards increasingly frustrated by housing costs periodically march in major cities demanding action from lawmakers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/35\/73\/808x539_cmsv2_87d923b3-94cd-56f5-b46e-9bbf89f6a486-9943573.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters gather after the reported death of Mar\u00eda del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests, Madrid, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Protesters gather after the reported death of Mar\u00eda del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests, Madrid, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bernat Armangue\/Copyright 2026 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But a fresh wave of indignation has swept the Iberian nation since 23 September, when Maricarmen, who used a wheelchair, was carried on a stretcher from her home of seven decades after police cordoned off the street and removed protesters.<\/p>\n<p>She was taken to a hospital because of her fragile health. Televised images of the eviction prompted thousands of people to protest in Madrid and other cities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Maricarmen&#8217;s lawyer, Beatriz Duro, did not disclose the cause of death when she confirmed it to Cadena Ser radio. Duro said that she and the activists were all devastated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/35\/73\/808x539_cmsv2_fd2c6960-90da-555c-a8eb-2dfddf6e5547-9943573.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters gather after the reported death of Mar\u00eda del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests, Madrid, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Protesters gather after the reported death of Mar\u00eda del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests, Madrid, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bernat Armangue\/Copyright 2026 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMaricarmen&#8217;s case, which captured media attention and travelled around the world, leaves us the image of the shameful violence of these types of evictions and the impact they can have on people\u2019s health,\u201d said Duro.<\/p>\n<p>She had been expected to return home after leaving the hospital. The real estate company that evicted her in order to rent the property at a much higher price eventually caved in under immense public pressure and agreed to let her return to the apartment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough a historic agreement was reached that would have allowed her to return home, this solution came too late,\u201d the Madrid Tenants&#8217; Union said in a statement on Wednesday. \u201cIt was an entirely avoidable situation following a harrowing ordeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/35\/73\/808x539_cmsv2_d8fa6029-6bac-50b4-85cd-44878a7911e4-9943573.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters gather outside the Parliament after the death of Mar\u00eda del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests, Madrid, Oct. 7, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Protesters gather outside the Parliament after the death of Mar\u00eda del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests, Madrid, Oct. 7, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bernat Armangue\/Copyright 2026 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The average rent for Spain has almost doubled in the last 10 years. The government said that 26% of Spaniards who rent housing spend an average of 40% of their income on rent and utilities, compared with the European Union average of 18% of renters who do so.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters camped in Madrid\u2019s central Puerta del Sol square held a minute of silence after learning of her death.<\/p>\n<p>Maricarmen spent almost her entire life in her apartment, where she first lived with her parents and brother. She later worked as a secretary for the board of a pharmaceutical company, according to Spanish media outlets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/35\/73\/808x539_cmsv2_d9940c33-9bb3-542a-8baf-7de300e1bdc1-9943573.jpg\" alt=\"Police officers cordon off the area as protesters gather near the Parliament after the reported death of 87-year-old Mar\u00eda del Carmen Abascal, Madrid, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Police officers cordon off the area as protesters gather near the Parliament after the reported death of 87-year-old Mar\u00eda del Carmen Abascal, Madrid, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bernat Armangue\/Copyright 2026 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After retiring in 1998, she spent her days walking around the neighbourhood, running errands and taking care of the precious items in her home.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish media reported that black-and-white family photographs were among the only things she had brought with her to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaricarmen only wanted to die in her home. She wasn\u2019t asking for anything else,\u201d Eugenio Melchor, 22, said at the protest in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was dying in her home and she almost did. They have killed her. 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Known widely as \u201cMaricarmen,\u201d she had become a symbol for renters struggling with Spain&#8217;s housing affordability crisis.\u201cAll my love to Maricarmen\u2019s family and loved ones,\u201d S\u00e1nchez wrote in a post on X. \u201cA hug as well to all of us who feel this loss as our own today. Rest in peace.\u201dThe emotions ran into anger on the street among the protesters gathered near Spain&#8217;s Parliament who chanted \u201cMaricarmen lives, the fight goes on!\u201d\u201cA great deal of sorrow. And above all, the thought that she is the cause, the head of this whole revolution that has happened, and that she can\u2019t see it,\u201d said Iciar L\u00f3pez, a 32-year-old psychologist and protester in the capital Madrid.\u201cIt makes me very sad that she can\u2019t see if anything comes of it. That\u2019s what angers me the most, honestly.\u201dSpaniards increasingly frustrated by housing costs periodically march in major cities demanding action from lawmakers.But a fresh wave of indignation has swept the Iberian nation since 23 September, when Maricarmen, who used a wheelchair, was carried on a stretcher from her home of seven decades after police cordoned off the street and removed protesters.She was taken to a hospital because of her fragile health. Televised images of the eviction prompted thousands of people to protest in Madrid and other cities across the country.Maricarmen&#8217;s lawyer, Beatriz Duro, did not disclose the cause of death when she confirmed it to Cadena Ser radio. Duro said that she and the activists were all devastated.\u201cMaricarmen&#8217;s case, which captured media attention and travelled around the world, leaves us the image of the shameful violence of these types of evictions and the impact they can have on people\u2019s health,\u201d said Duro.She had been expected to return home after leaving the hospital. The real estate company that evicted her in order to rent the property at a much higher price eventually caved in under immense public pressure and agreed to let her return to the apartment.\u201cAlthough a historic agreement was reached that would have allowed her to return home, this solution came too late,\u201d the Madrid Tenants&#8217; Union said in a statement on Wednesday. \u201cIt was an entirely avoidable situation following a harrowing ordeal.\u201dThe average rent for Spain has almost doubled in the last 10 years. The government said that 26% of Spaniards who rent housing spend an average of 40% of their income on rent and utilities, compared with the European Union average of 18% of renters who do so.Protesters camped in Madrid\u2019s central Puerta del Sol square held a minute of silence after learning of her death.Maricarmen spent almost her entire life in her apartment, where she first lived with her parents and brother. She later worked as a secretary for the board of a pharmaceutical company, according to Spanish media outlets.After retiring in 1998, she spent her days walking around the neighbourhood, running errands and taking care of the precious items in her home.Spanish media reported that black-and-white family photographs were among the only things she had brought with her to the hospital.\u201cMaricarmen only wanted to die in her home. She wasn\u2019t asking for anything else,\u201d Eugenio Melchor, 22, said at the protest in Madrid.\u201cShe was dying in her home and she almost did. They have killed her. 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