on Tuesday 19. February died the singer’s Peks father, Leif Falk, 78 years old. Just two days later, his mother, Ivalo Falk, also away.
Both were very active in the music and theatre environment in Aarhus.
the 55-year-old Mek Pek, there even has been a known musician since the 1980s, has posted touching tributes to both parents on his Facebook profile.
to Ekstra Bladet he now words in her great sorrow.
Leif Falk has been suffering from Parkinson’s disease for 14 years, and has been cared for by his wife in all the time. But five months ago, got Ivalo Falk found an aggressive kræfttumor in the brain, and from there it went fast.
She was almost lame in the right side, had in a wheelchair and the language disappeared quietly, says a clearly touched Mek Pek.
my Parents moved into their plejebolig in the same place, so they were close to each other to the last.
Mek Peks father had for some time been suffering with cystitis, that would not go away completely, and when he then was hit again in the middle of February, he died after a few days illness.
Just two days later followed Ivalo Falk her husband.
Her son is still in doubt as to whether his mother understood what had happened.
– It is hard to say, but they were right next to each other, and when he died, and she took him in hand. So I think she understood everything up until the last, but it was difficult, for she couldn’t express himself, he says.
– do you Have the impression that she were to let go, when your father was away?
– It is clearly the type of thoughts, but we can not know. But at least we talked about the last month’s time, that it would be so beautiful if it happened on the way, so we could make a parting for them both, explains Mek Pek.
Mek Pek has been ‘infected’ by the parents ‘ love for music. Here he is on the stage with Habbasutterne. Photo: Claus Bonnerup
Sunday, 24. February, he and the family, so parting with both parents, in a large-scale removal, where are invited between 600 and 700 people from their large network.
None of the parents was a member of the church, so mindeceremonien will be held at their farm, where it will set up mobilscene and sound systems, and where their son promise that there will be ‘walk in’.
How are you right now?
– Well … I don’t know. It comes probably about a week or 14 days. Right now it’s just about practical things, he notes.
