Cecilia Giménez never intended to become a global symbol of internet humour. She only wanted to save a fading image of Jesus Christ in her local church. Yet more than a decade after her well-intentioned restoration attempt went viral, the Spanish pensioner whose brushstroke changed art history in the digital age has died at 94.
Her death was confirmed by local officials in Borja, the small town in north-eastern Spain where her accidental fame began. Giménez leaves behind a legacy shaped not by ridicule but by resilience, community pride, and one of the most unlikely cultural moments of the 21st century.
