Editing Chespirito (section)

==Early life==
He was born in [[Mexico City]]<ref name="birdea">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/world/americas/roberto-gmez-bolaos-mexicos-comedic-artist-chespirito-dies-at-85.html |title=Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Mexico's Comedic Artist 'Chespirito,' Dies at 85 |first=Elias E. |last=Lopez |date=28 November 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> on 21 February 1929 to [[Catholic]] parents. He was the second child of Francisco Gómez Linares, a painter and illustrator,<ref name="elpais">{{cite journal |last1=López |first1=Alberto |title=Roberto Gómez Bolaños, 'Chespirito', el ingeniero de la comedia |journal=[[El País]] |date=21 February 2020 |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2020/02/21/television/1582279884_612457.html |access-date=24 October 2021 |language=es |issn=1134-6582}}</ref> who died at the age of 41 in 1935. His mother, Elsa Bolaños Aguilar, was a bilingual secretary;<ref name="elpais" /> she died of [[pancreatic cancer]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Su escudo siempre fue un corazón: perfil |url=https://noticias.caracoltv.com/especiales/su-escudo-siempre-fue-un-corazon-perfil |website=Noticias Caracol |access-date=24 October 2021 |language=es |date=28 November 2014}}</ref> at the age of 66 in 1968. Elsa was the youngest child of Ramón Bolaños Cacho, a military doctor, and his [[Zacatecas]]-born wife, María Aguilar.{{sfn|Gómez Bolaños|2007|p=14}} Via his mother, Bolaños was a [[Cousin#First cousins once removed|first cousin once removed]] of the [[President of Mexico]] from 1964 to 1970, [[Gustavo Díaz Ordaz]].{{sfn|Gómez Bolaños|2007|p=15}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cunadegrillos.com/2014/11/28/el-presidente-que-era-tio-de-chespirito/ |title=El presidente que era tío de Chespirito |date=28 November 2014}}</ref> He had an older brother called Francisco (1926–2010), and a younger brother called [[Horacio Gómez Bolaños]], who portrayed the character Godínez in ''[[El Chavo del Ocho]]'', and an even older half-brother born of one of his father's liaisons.{{sfn|Gómez Bolaños|2007|loc=Ch. 1}}

Before becoming an actor, Bolaños was an amateur [[boxing|boxer]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Boxeador amateur, fotógrafo, ingeniero y médico : los desconocidos oficios anteriores de los protagonistas del Chavo del 8 |journal=[[Infobae]] |date=25 October 2020 |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2020/10/25/boxeador-amateur-fotografo-ingeniero-y-medico-los-desconocidos-oficios-anteriores-de-los-protagonistas-del-chavo-del-8/ |access-date=24 October 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref> He studied [[mechanical engineering]] at the [[National Autonomous University of Mexico]] (UNAM),<ref>{{cite news |title=Murió Roberto Gómez Bolaños 'Chespirito' |url=https://www.semana.com/gente/articulo/muere-roberto-gomez-bolanos-chespirito/410487-3/ |access-date=24 October 2021 |work=[[Semana]] |date=28 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref> but he never came to practice that profession.<ref>{{cite news |title=Falleció Roberto Gómez Bolaños "Chespirito" a los 85 años |url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2014/11/28/fallece-roberto-gomez-bolanos-a-los-85-anos-8061.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201031141/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2014/11/28/fallece-roberto-gomez-bolanos-a-los-85-anos-8061.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 December 2014 |access-date=28 November 2014 |newspaper=[[La Jornada]] |date=28 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref> Before he became famous, he wrote a number of plays, contributed dialogue to Mexican film and television scripts, and secured some character-acting work. "Chespirito" was of short stature; his stage name was the Spanish phonetic pronunciation of [[William Shakespeare]] "Chespir" (pronounced "shespir") with [[List of diminutives by language#Spanish|diminutive suffix -"ito"]].<ref name="FoxLatino">{{cite web |url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2014/11/30/thousands-chespirito-fans-gather-in-mexican-stadium-for-heartfelt-tribute/ |title=Thousands of Chespirito fans gather in Mexican stadium for heartfelt tribute |publisher=Fox News Latino |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216054555/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2014/11/30/thousands-chespirito-fans-gather-in-mexican-stadium-for-heartfelt-tribute/ |archive-date=16 December 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref> Between 1960 and 1965 he dedicated himself to writing scripts for "Comedians and songs" and "El estudio de Pedro Vargas", which were the two programs with the highest audience in Mexico.<ref name="Revista Cambio">{{cite journal |last1=comedia |first1=‘Chespirito’ sigue presente en la |title=Chespirito sigue presente en la comedia |journal=Revista Cambio |date=21 February 2020 |url=https://www.revistacambio.com.mx/archivo/chespirito-sigue-presente-en-la-comedia/ |access-date=24 October 2021}}</ref>