Benidorm legend Sticky Vicky has died aged 80, it has been announced.
The exotic dancer, whose real name was Victoria María Aragüés Gadea, passed away early on Wednesday. She had been unwell for some time, according to reports.
‘I regret these words, my mother Sticky Vicky passed away today at 6 in the morning, I can’t believe it,’ her daughter wrote on Facebook.
‘She has gone, surrounded by her family, with all of our love.
‘I thank God for being able to always be by her side, I am left with a broken heart.’
Benidorm legend Sticky Vicky has died aged 80, it has been announced
Born in 1943 in Tenerife, the trained ballet dancer went on to become an icon in Spain’s Benidorm thanks to her exotic and x-rated performances.
The mother-of-two moved to the city in south-east Spain in 1980 where she became a legend of the holiday hotspot visited by millions of British tourists.
Her show – which ran for move than three decades – involved pulling a variety of objects from her private parts, including ping pong balls, razor blades, eggs, handkerchiefs and machetes.
Her show would end with the lights dimming and her producing a lit light bulb.
An estimated six million people saw the show – which she would invariably perform six times a night, six days a week – since she started it in the mid-1970s.
And she once marked the third series of ITV’s comedy show Benidorm starring Johnny Vegas by officially opening Mel’s Mobility Shop before it caught fire.
She was once described by a guide to Benidorm as such a ‘must-see’ that leaving without experiencing her show would be like buying fish without chips or turning on the TV to see Ant without Dec.
Vicky finally retired in 2016 aged 72 and her daughter Maria Gadea Aragues has since taken over.
She said she did not characterise herself or her show as pornographic. ‘To do what I do you must have a lot of delicacy. It is necessary to give it a touch of elegance’.
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Tenerife-born Vicky (pictured in 2011) spent 35 years entertaining millions of tourists with her X-rated routines
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The mother-of-two moved Benidorm, in south-east Spain, in 1980 where she became a legend of the holiday hotspot visited by millions of British tourists with her x-rated show
In July, she was hospitalised after hurting her knees when getting into a car.
She was released after a few days in hospital, but was returned quickly when she experienced pain and a possible infection.
Her cause of death has not yet been officially announced.
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