He became one of the youngest gynecologists of Spain. He was nicknamed Papuchi, "Daddy". Iglesias was one of the youngest gynaecologists to work in the Spanish public health system.
He helped to found the Madrid Maternity Clinic and became the head of its sterility, infertility and family planning unit
During the Spanish Civil War, Iglesias fought for the Nationalists led by General Franco. They divorced in 1983.
In December 1981 he was kidnapped by Basque terrorist organisation ETA and held for two weeks, eventually being found unharmed. He became a fixture of gossip magazines, always ready to chat with journalists revealing information about his famous descendants.
In the early 1990s, he met United States citizen Ronna Keitt.
The two married in 2001 in a secret ceremony witnessed by close family and photographers from a magazine. On May 18, 2004, Ronna gave birth to a boy, Jaime Iglesias. Iglesias was 89 and Ronna was 40.
The baby"s half brother, Julio, was 61 years old.
After Jaime was born in 2004, Iglesias rejected suggestions Ronna was the driving force behind their decision to start a family. "At my age, a child is marvellous..I felt just like Abraham," he declared.
I leave her part of my blood, of my life. I need her so much that I said to her, "Here, this is what you wanted for when I am gone.""
Barely after announcing the arrival of her first baby, Ronna underwent fertility treatment in order to conceive again.
Iglesias died suddenly in Madrid the morning of December 19, 2005, at the age of 90.
Ruth was born July 26, 2006, 7 months after her father died. The song is sung in Galician, the regional language of Galicia.
Quotations: "At my age, a child is marvellous..I felt just like Abraham,".