Bullfighter’s chilling final words before death

December 17, 2025 by Nadia

During the fight, Fandiño tripped over his cape and fell to the ground, where the charging bull struck him with its horn. The animal, weighing nearly half a tonne, gored him in the torso, puncturing several vital organs, including his lungs.

Despite being conscious as he was carried out of the arena, Fandiño was bleeding heavily. Witnesses later reported his final words: “Hurry up, I’m dying.” He suffered a fatal heart attack en route to the hospital.

Fellow matador Juan del Álamo, who went on to kill the bull, expressed disbelief at the turn of events: “I can’t believe it. None of us understand how it could have happened; it was all so fast. The bull knocked him down with its hindquarters and he fell face down.”

Fandiño had faced serious injuries in the past. In 2014, he was knocked unconscious in the ring in Bayonne, France, and in 2015, he was tossed into the air during a fight in Pamplona, Spain. Still, his death shocked the bullfighting world, marking the first time a matador had died in France in nearly a century. The last was Isidoro Mari Fernando, who died in Béziers in 1921, according to Sud-Ouest, a French regional newspaper.