What to do with unfaithful husbands
Deborah Santana just said goodbye to her famous Latin guitar hero, Carlos Santana, of 34 years.
Geez, thirty-four years! What a waste.
Just because the revered guitarist has been reputed to be unfaithful to his wife.
She filed for divorce on October 19 citing the overused reason of “irreconcilable differences,” according to the petition filed in Marin County Superior Court.
The couple’s publicist Michael Jensen said that the breakup is “a private matter and there is no comment.”
In 2005 Deborah released a memoir, “Space in which she wrote about her husband’s unfaithfulness. In turn, the award-winning guitarist acknowledged some of those “irreconcilable differences”
“I sincerely apologized to her and to my kids when I wasn’t in my right mind and did something hurtful. It has helped me become more humble and to try harder to be the man she wants me to be.”
According to her memoir, she married Carlos at 22 and admitted that she was struggling between two images: As a feminist in the ’70s “that told me I did not need a man to make me whole, and the provincial Christian teachings of my youth that said woman is help meet to her husband.”
For many years the two have become sparring partners. In 1998, they formed the nonprofit Milagro Foundation to benefit underprivileged children.
Earlier this year they announced plans to open several Mexican restaurants in the San Francisco Bay area.
The couple have three children together, son Salvador, who has a band and toured Europe with his father last year, and daughters Angelica and Stella.
Santana once told Rolling Stone that, without Deborah, he’d “probably be a hobo.”
Thanks to his duet with Rob Thomas via the song “Smooth” in 2000, the younger generation has discovered him today.
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