Del Boy never marries. He has had many girlfriends, a fact that is the subject of numerous sarcastic comments by Rodney. He finally meets his partner Raquel Turner (whom he calls his "significant other") in the 1988 special "Dates". Del's mother Joan dies on 12 March 1964, apparently after a long string of illnesses. His lazy father Reginald leaves three months later (on Del's 16th birthday), taking most of their money and even Del's birthday cake. This leaves the teenage Del as the family's sole breadwinner, looking after his grandfather and Rodney, his half-brother who was born around thirteen years after him
Raquel Chaves "Tierra Sin Males" (Land without Evil, 1977), "Todo es del Viento" (All is of the Wind, 1980), "Siete Viajes" (Seven Voyages, 1984) and "Partes del Todo" (Parts of the Whole, 2000). Chaves' poetry focuses on transcendence, illustrates how the mind achieves awareness of self, explores the individual soul, and reflects the Paraguayan concern with transcendence in connection with the feast of the Virgin of Caacupe. Raquel Chaves Raquel Chaves (born 1939) is a Paraguayan poet, journalist, novelist, and educator. Chaves is a professor of English literature at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción. She is a contributor to the SEP (Paraguayan