Overview
- Carlos Tapia posted a tribute on Instagram thanking his late wife for their years together and affirming, “Always I will remember you. I love you.”
- The Asociación del Fútbol Argentino confirmed her death on February 13 and expressed support for the 1986 World Cup winner and his family.
- Family accounts say Viviana Juricka battled a grade‑four brain tumor following symptoms that appeared in 2024 and underwent extensive treatment.
- Public attention to her illness grew after daughter Clara dedicated a performance on La Voz Argentina to her mother when she could not attend for health reasons.
- Clara had shared updates and intimate moments from her mother's care on Instagram, which helped document the course of the illness.