Josep Sala Mañé (82)

Josep Sala Mañé was a Spanish Catalan casteller. He was born in Vilafranca del Penedès in 1938. In his youth, he was member of the Castellers de Vilafranca until his family moved to Barcelona in the 50s. In 1958, alongside the Duch family and Pere Català i Roca he founded the colla (team) of Castellers de Ballets de Cataluña, but this group dissolved in 1963. Six years later, Sala founded the Castellers de Barcelona, the fourth oldest, and was its head between 1969 and 1976. He died of the coronavirus on April 20, 2020.