▁at ▁De ▁la ▁Madrid ' s ▁home ▁and ▁asked ▁him ▁to ▁ret ract ▁his ▁statements , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁damage ▁the ▁party . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁day ▁De ▁la ▁Madrid ▁issued ▁a ▁statement ▁ret ract ing ▁the ▁comments ▁he ▁had ▁made ▁during ▁the ▁interview ▁with ▁Ar iste gui , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁advanced ▁age , ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁able ▁to ▁" correct ly ▁process " ▁the ▁questions . ▁ ▁Death ▁De ▁la ▁Madrid ▁died ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁at ▁ 7 : 3 0 ▁am ▁in ▁a ▁Mexican ▁hospital ▁apparently ▁following ▁a ▁length y ▁hospital ization ▁for ▁complicated ▁chron ic ▁ob struct ive ▁pul mon ary ▁disease , ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁ac ute ▁kid ney ▁injury ▁and ▁card iac ▁arrest . ▁ ▁Public ▁image ▁and ▁legacy ▁Un like ▁his ▁prede cess ors ▁( spe cially ▁Luis ▁E che ver ría ▁and ▁José ▁López ▁Port illo ), ▁President ▁De ▁la ▁Madrid ▁was ▁noted ▁for ▁making ▁relatively ▁few ▁speech es ▁and ▁keeping ▁a ▁more ▁reserved ▁and ▁moder ate ▁public ▁image . ▁Although ▁that ▁has ▁been ▁attributed ▁to ▁a ▁strategy ▁to ▁break ▁with ▁his ▁prede cess ors ' ▁popul ist ▁leg a cies , ▁President ▁De ▁la ▁Madrid ' s ▁public ▁image ▁was ▁critic ized ▁by ▁some ▁obser vers , ▁who ▁considered ▁that ▁the ▁President ▁was ▁" gre y ", ▁" dist ant " ▁or ▁" ins ens itive " ▁( he ▁was ▁nick named ▁" El ▁Presidente ▁gr is