Overview
- FC Barcelona confirmed Vilarrubí died in Barcelona on December 28 at age 71.
- He served as Barça’s institutional vice president from 2010 to 2017, resigning over the club’s decision to play on October 1, 2017 during the referendum turmoil.
- He helped establish Catalunya Ràdio and later played a founding role at RAC1, remaining a board member at Radiocat XXI.
- He led the Acadèmia Catalana de Gastronomia i Nutrició for nearly a decade and received the Creu de Sant Jordi in 2015.
- He was under investigation in the Audiencia Nacional’s Pujol case related to payments from 2004 to 2012, a proceeding left without a conclusion in his matter due to his death.