Overview
- On Monday, September 28, 2026, Yebra publicly disclosed his decade-long struggle with multiple sclerosis in interviews and in his autobiographical book.
- He first noticed symptoms in 2013, received a formal diagnosis in 2015 and learned the definitive diagnosis in 2017 after a doctor reviewed clinical tests.
- Yebra kept the condition private for years and began speaking more openly in 2021 when worsening symptoms and treatment side effects made concealment difficult.
- His left leg remains the most affected area and causes walking difficulties that he says he masks using stage technique while continuing professional work, including a children’s dance contest in Montevideo.
- The memoir compiles personal drawings, portraits, photographs and testimonies from colleagues and his doctor and frames his priority as slowing physical decline and making the most of his life, which could raise public attention to how chronic illness affects performing artists.