Editing Chespirito

{{short description|Mexican actor, comedian, filmmaker (1929–2014)}}
{{About|the Mexican actor|the television series that has his nickname|Chespirito (TV series)}}
{{family name hatnote|Gómez|Bolaños|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
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| name               = Chespirito
| image              = Roberto Gómez Bolaños Premios Fama 2008.jpg
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| caption            = Chespirito in 2008
| birth_name         = Roberto Mario Gómez Bolaños
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=yes|1929|2|21}}
| birth_place        = [[Mexico City]], Mexico<ref name="birdea"/>
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2014|11|28|1929|2|21}}
| death_place        = [[Cancún]], [[Quintana Roo]], Mexico<ref name="birdea"/>
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
*Actor
*comedian
*screenwriter
*director
*producer
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| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Graciela Fernández|1968|1989|reason=divorce}}
* {{marriage|[[Florinda Meza]]|2004}}
}}
| children           = 6, including [[Roberto Gómez Fernández]]
| resting_place      = [[Panteón Francés]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/2014/chespirito-panteon-frances-piedad-funeral-1058522.html |title=Despiden a Chespirito en Panteón Francés de La Piedad |newspaper=El Universal |access-date=2 December 2014 |archive-date=9 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109070435/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/2014/chespirito-panteon-frances-piedad-funeral-1058522.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Mexico City]]
| module             = {{Infobox comedian
| embed           = yes
| medium          = Television, film, music, theatre, comic books
| active          = 1947–2014
| genre           = [[Sketch comedy|Sketch]], [[farce]], [[physical comedy]], sitcom, satire
| subject         = Children, [[language]], parody, [[superhero]]es, [[social issue]]s
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| notable_work    = ''[[Chespirito (TV series)|Chespirito]]''<br />''[[El Chapulín Colorado]]''<br />''[[El Chavo del Ocho]]''<br />''La Chicharra''
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| website         = 
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'''Roberto Mario Gómez Bolaños'''<ref>{{Cite web |date= |year= |title="México, Distrito Federal, Registro Civil, 1832-2005", Roberto Mario Gómez y Bolaños |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG4V-7QFN |access-date=9 November 2022 |website=[[FamilySearch]]}}</ref> (21 February 1929 &ndash; 28 November 2014),<ref name='Muere Roberto Gómez Bolaños "Chespirito"'>{{cite news |last1=Varillas |first1=Adriana |title=Muere Roberto Gómez Bolaños "Chespirito" |trans-title=Roberto Gómez Bolaños "Chespirito", Dies |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/2014/muere-chespirito-1057934.html |access-date=28 November 2014 |work=[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]] |date=28 November 2014 |language=es |archive-date=7 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507135808/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/2014/muere-chespirito-1057934.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> more commonly known by his stage name '''Chespirito''', or "Little [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]",{{sfn |Mora |1982 |p=[https://archive.org/details/mexicancinemaref00mora/page/162 162]}} was a Mexican actor, comedian, screenwriter, humorist, director, producer, and author.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gómez Bolaños |first1=Roberto |title=El diario de El Chavo del Ocho |trans-title=The Diary of El Chavo del Ocho |date=2007b |publisher=[[Penguin Random House]] |location=[[Mexico City]], Mexico |isbn=9786071110411 |language=es}}</ref> He is widely regarded as one of the icons of Spanish-speaking humor and entertainment and one of the greatest comedians of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-feliz-dia-chespirito-los-85-roberto-gomez-bolanos-494948.aspx |title=¡Feliz día, Chespirito! Los 85 de Roberto Gómez Bolaños |first=Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA |last=PERÚ |website=andina.pe|date=21 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.lmtonline.com/cnet/article/Google-Doodle-honors-Mexican-comedian-Chespirito-15073594.php |title=Google Doodle honors Mexican comedian Chespirito |first1=Laura |last1=Martínez |first2=Provided |last2=By |date=21 February 2020 |website=Laredo Morning Times}}</ref> He is also one of the most loved and respected comedians in [[Latin America]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/roberto-gomez-bola-os-comedian-who-changed-comedy-in-latin-america-with-his-television-character-el-9901707.html |title=Roberto Gomez Bolaños: Comedian who changed comedy in Latin America with his television character 'El Chavo del Ocho' |newspaper=The Independent |date=3 December 2014 |access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/titan-latin-american-comedy-mexicos-beloved-chespirito-dead-85-n257971 |title=Titan of Latin American Comedy, Mexico's Beloved 'Chespirito' Dead at 85 |work=NBC News |date=28 November 2014 |access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref> He is mostly known by his acting role [[El Chavo del Ocho (character)|Chavo]] from the sitcom ''[[El Chavo del Ocho]]''.

He is recognized all over the planet for writing, directing, and starring in the ''[[Chespirito (TV series)|Chespirito]]'' (1970–1973, 1980–1995), ''[[El Chavo del Ocho]]'' (1973–1980), and ''[[El Chapulín Colorado]]'' (1973–1979) television series. The character of ''[[El Chavo del Ocho (character)|El Chavo]]'' is one of the most iconic in the history of Latin American television, and ''[[El Chavo del Ocho]]'' continues to be immensely popular, with daily worldwide viewership averaging 91 million viewers {{as of|2014|lc=yes}}.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andersonantunes/2012/02/01/meet-el-chavo-the-worlds-most-famous-and-richest-orphan/ |title=Meet El Chavo, The World's Most Famous (And Richest) Orphan |magazine=[[Forbes]] |access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref>

==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>

==Career==
[[File:Chaparrón_Bonaparte.jpg|thumb|right|Chespirito as Chaparrón Bonaparte in ''[[Chespirito (TV series)|Chespirito]]'']]
Chespirito was discovered as an actor while waiting in line to apply for a job as a writer; soon he began writing and starring in his children's comedy shows.<ref>{{cite news |title='Chespirito' y el cine |url=http://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico/1411/chespirito-cine/ |access-date=28 November 2014 |publisher=[[Televisa]] |date=28 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref> Chespirito's first show was ''Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada'', a [[sketch comedy]] show that premiered in 1968; the show also starred [[Ramón Valdés]], [[María Antonieta de las Nieves]], and [[Rubén Aguirre]]. ''Los Supergenios'' was later renamed ''Chespirito y la Mesa Cuadrada'' and later ''Chespirito''. The characters ''El Chavo'', ''El Chapulín Colorado'', and ''Dr. Chapatín'' were introduced on this show (1972, 1970 and 1968 respectively).<ref>{{cite news |title=El entrañable 'Doctor Chapatín' |url=http://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico/1411/entranable-doctor-chapatin/ |access-date=29 November 2014 |publisher=[[Televisa]] |date=29 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Las 12 cosas poco conocidas de Chespirito y sus programas |url=http://www.cnnchile.com/noticia/2014/11/28/las-12-cosas-poco-conocidas-de-chespirito-y-sus-programas |access-date=29 November 2014 |agency=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=29 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref>

===''El Chavo del Ocho'' and ''El Chapulín Colorado''===

His best known roles were in the shows ''[[El Chavo del Ocho]]'' and ''[[El Chapulín Colorado]]''. Both series premiered in 1973 and were based on sketches of the same name from ''Los Supergenios''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bautista |first1=Eduardo |title=Chespirito, el hombre que hizo reír a América Latina |url=http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/after-office/chespirito-el-hombre-que-hizo-reir-a-america-latina.html |access-date=29 November 2014 |newspaper=El Financiero |date=29 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref> The shows were produced by Mexican TV network [[Televisa]] and aired in 124 countries. Other shows produced by and starring Chespirito were the short-lived ''La Chicharra'' from 1979 and a second version of ''Chespirito'' from 1980 to 1995.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aguirre |first1=Francisco |title=Más allá del Chavo: Los cinco shows de Chespirito que tal vez nunca conociste |url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/entretencion/2014/11/661-606569-9-mas-alla-del-chavo-los-cinco-shows-de-chespirito-que-tal-vez-nunca-conociste.shtml |access-date=29 November 2014 |publisher=La Tercera |date=29 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref>
[[File:Prof._Chespirito.jpg|thumb|left |Chespirito as Dr. Chapatín in ''[[Chespirito (TV series)|Chespirito]]'']]
In ''El Chavo,'' Chespirito played an 8-year-old boy who often took refuge inside a wooden rain barrel in a Mexican neighborhood,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nájar |first1=Alberto |title=Adiós a Chespirito, una vida "sin querer queriendo" |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2014/11/140502_chespirito_obituario_mexico_chavo_chapulin_an.shtml |access-date=28 November 2014 |publisher=[[BBC Mundo]] |date=28 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref> and in ''El Chapulín Colorado'' he played a good-hearted [[superhero]] who gets involved in humorous situations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Duque Cardozo |first1=Mario Alberto |title=El Chapulín, el héroe inolvidable |url=http://www.elcolombiano.com/cultura/el-chapulin-el-heroe-inolvidable-BB773355 |access-date=28 November 2014 |newspaper=El Colombiano |date=28 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref> ''[[The Simpsons]]'' creator [[Matt Groening]] has said that he created the [[Bumblebee Man]] character after watching ''El Chapulín Colorado'' in a motel on the [[Mexico–United States border]].
[[File:El Chavo-Chespirito.jpg|thumb|right |Chespirito as ''[[El Chavo del Ocho (character)|El Chavo del Ocho]]'']]
''El Chavo'' and ''El Chapulín Colorado'' have become [[cultural icon]]s all over Latin America and have aired in many countries worldwide.<ref>{{cite news |title=El Chavo del ocho, icono de la cultura de AL, cumplió 40 años |url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/06/22/espectaculos/a08n3esp |access-date=28 November 2014 |agency=Agence France-Presse |newspaper=[[La Jornada]] |date=22 June 2011 |language=es}}</ref>

Roberto Gómez Bolaños was also noted as a composer. He started writing music as a hobby, and most of his early musical work was related to his comedy work, featured particularly in occasional ''Chapulín Colorado'' or ''Chavo del Ocho'' special episodes. Later works include the theme songs for various Mexican movies and [[telenovela]]s, such as ''Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas'' and ''La Dueña''. He is also the creator of the theater comedy ''Once y Doce'' (''Eleven and Twelve''), the most successful theater comedy in Mexican history; it is still played occasionally.<ref>{{cite news |title=Murió el célebre comediante mexicano ' |url=http://www.dw.de/muri%C3%B3-el-c%C3%A9lebre-comediante-mexicano-chespirito/a-18100855 |access-date=29 November 2014 |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |date=29 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref>

==Works by Chespirito==
[[File:Chespirito 1993 text logo.png|thumb|right |''[[Chespirito (TV series)|Chespirito]]'' logo]]
[[File:El Chapulín Colorado logo.svg|thumb|right |''[[El Chapulín Colorado]]'' logo]]
*''[[Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada]]'' (1968–1973), renamed ''Chespirito y la Mesa Cuadrada'' in 1970 and ''Chespirito'' in 1971.
*''El Ciudadano Gómez'' (1968–1969; 1973; 1994–1995), a parody of [[Citizen Kane]].<ref name=publi>{{cite news |title=5 programas de Chespirito que no fueron tan exitosos como 'El Chavo' |url=http://www.publimetro.com.mx/entretenimiento/5-programas-de-chespirito-que-no-fueron-tan-exitosos-como-el-chavo/XeSnkC!cucuGjmG5FVx43IQCpvcZQ/ |access-date=29 November 2014 |publisher=Publimetro |date=29 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref>
[[File:El Chavo (simple logo).svg|thumb|right |''[[El Chavo del Ocho]]'' logo]]
*''Dr. Chapatín'' (1968–1979; 1980–1995), one of the presenters of ''Los Supergenios'' who starred in sketches in the show, also appeared in the ''El Chapulín Colorado'' half-hour show of 1973–1979. He represents an old doctor who constantly has fights and confusions due to his old age and hitting people with a paper bag whose contents were never revealed in-sketch. In an interview, Chespirito revealed that Dr. Chapatín carried in his bag all the bad feelings of the people, which is why it hurt a lot. Dr. Chapatín's character did a small cameo in the movies "El Chanfle", "El Chanfle 2","Don Ratón y Don Ratero", and "El Charrito".
*''Chespirito (character)'' (1968–1975; 1980–1986; 1991–1992; 1994–1995), occasionally starred in sketches of the ''Los Supergenios'' as a "character".
*''[[El Chapulín Colorado]]'' (1970–1973; 1973–1979; 1980–1993), second most successful character of Bolaños; became a weekly half-hour show in 1973. A naive but brave superhero who always tries to help people in problems. 
*''Los Chifladitos'' (1970–1972; 1980–1995), starred alongside [[Rubén Aguirre]], one of the main sketches of the ''Los Supergenios'' until Aguirre left the show. Chespirito did Chaparron Bonaparte and Aguirre, Lucas Tañeda, as a pair of demented characters who ran in several confusions by the use of puns and the unexpected convulsions of Chaparron called "Chiripiorcas".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ávila |first1=Carlos |title=Chaparrón Bonaparte, personaje clave de los Chifladitos |url=http://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico/1411/chaparron-bonaparte-personaje-clave-chifladitos/ |access-date=29 November 2014 |publisher=[[Televisa]] |date=29 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref>
*''[[Los Caquitos]]'' (1970–1975; 1980–1995) became the third most successful creation of Bolaños; sketches were created until 1975. Originally they were Chespirito as ''Chómpiras'' and [[Ramón Valdés]] as ''Peterete''. In the sketches of the 80s, [[Édgar Vivar]] took the place of Valdés, playing a new character named ''El Botija'', while [[Florinda Meza]] got a new character for the sketches as ''La Chimoltrufia'', Botija's wife. It became Chespirito's main act in the last years of his program due to him being too old to perform his other characters.
*''Los Chiripiojos'' (1972), is the family La Chimoltrufia.<ref name=terra>{{cite news |title=Moda con inspiración en los personajes de "Chespirito" |url=http://vidayestilo.terra.com.pe/moda/moda/moda-con-inspiracion-en-los-personajes-de-chespirito,2fae6bfdd78f9410VgnVCM3000009af154d0RCRD.html |access-date=29 November 2014 |publisher=[[Terra Networks]] |date=29 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref>
*''[[El Chavo del Ocho]]'' (1971–1973; 1973–1980; 1980–1992), created as immediate successor of ''Los Chifladitos''; become a weekly half-hour show in 1973. Is about a poor kid who lives in a small neighborhood with other families who share comic situations. It's Chespirito's most successful character.
*''La Chicharra'' (1979–1982), half-hour show that replaced ''El Chapulín Colorado'' in 1979. He tried to create something new with a newspaper reporter who happens to take the wrong news in the wrong place. The show's lead character, Vicente Chambon, originally appeared as part of ''Chespirito'' in its early days.<ref name=publi/>
*''Don Calavera'' (1994–1995), the nickname of Carlos Vera, a mortician who likes to flirt with widows, is the last character created by Chespirito, appears only in the 1980–1995 version of the ''Chespirito'' show.<ref name=publi/>

==Later years==
On 19 November 2004, after 27 years together, he married actress and longtime companion [[Florinda Meza]], who starred as Doña Florinda in ''El Chavo''.<ref>{{cite news |title=El Chavo del Ocho" festejó 27 años de amor con "Doña Florinda |url=http://www.eluniverso.com/2004/11/20/0001/1065/30D8753D63B041E3A907DE21910D0F0C.html |access-date=28 November 2014 |agency=EFE México |publisher=El Universo |date=20 November 2004 |language=es}}</ref> After show production was stopped for ''El Chavo'' and ''El Chapulín Colorado'', both toured Mexico and the rest of Latin America and the United States with different plays, sometimes playing the characters who made them famous. In 2003, ''Chespirito'' and Florinda Meza received the keys to the town of [[Cicero, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Se recupera"Chespirito" tras una neumonía |url=http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2007/284711.html |access-date=28 November 2014 |publisher=[[La Crónica de Hoy]] |date=8 February 2007 |language=es}}</ref>

During Mexico's presidential [[2000 Mexican general election|campaigns of 2000]] and [[2006 Mexican general election|2006]] he openly supported the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]] (PAN) by appearing in TV commercials and urging people to vote for the party's candidates, [[Vicente Fox]] and [[Felipe Calderón]].<ref name="Milenio">{{cite news |title=A Gómez Bolaños le gustaba meterse en la política |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/a-gomez-bolanos-le-gustaba-meterse-en-la-politica |access-date=28 November 2014 |newspaper=[[Milenio]] |date=28 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref> For the [[2012 Mexican general election|2012 race]], he made public that he would vote for the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|Partido Accion Nacional]] (PAN) candidate, [[Josefina Vázquez Mota]], but did not appear in a commercial.<ref name="Milenio"/> In 2007, he joined a campaign led by Catholics and conservatives against the legalization of abortion in Mexico City.<ref name="Milenio"/>

He shared that while pregnant with him, his mother suffered an accident and the doctor advised her to get an abortion; she refused.<ref name="Milenio"/> He also wrote the books ''El Diario de El Chavo del Ocho'' ("Diary From the Kid from Number 8"),<ref>{{cite book |last=Bolaños |first=Roberto Gómez |date=2007 |title=El Diario de el Chavo del Ocho |publisher=Punto de Lectura |isbn=9786071110411}}</ref> ''...Y También Poemas'' ("...And Poems Too"),{{sfn |Bolaños |2006}} and ''Sin Querer Queriendo: Memorias'' ("Accidentally on Purpose: Memoirs"). In 2009, he was also honored by the Colombian TV-channel [[RCN Televisión|RCN]] in which he received the keys of the municipality of [[Soacha]]; more than 20,000 people attended the homage. On 12 November 2009, he was admitted to a [[Mexico City]] hospital due to prostate complications, which required a simple surgery to treat. He was released from treatment the following day.<ref>{{cite news |title=Operan de la próstata a Chespirito |url=http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/2009/11/12/i223130_operan-prstata-chespirito.html |access-date=28 November 2014 |publisher=Diario Libre |date=12 November 2009 |language=es}}</ref>

On 29 February 2012, a celebration of Chespirito's life and work was held at the [[National Auditorium|Auditorio Nacional]].<ref name="ElUniverso">{{cite web |url=http://www.eluniverso.com/2012/03/01/1/1379/america-celebra-chespirito.html |title=América celebra a Chespirito |publisher=El Universo |access-date=29 November 2014 |date=29 February 2012}}</ref> The special, titled ''América celebra a Chespirito'', was a multinational tribute that gathered a diverse group of actors, singers, and fans from 17 nations.<ref name="ElUniverso"/><ref name="CNNMX">{{cite web |url=http://cnnmexico.com/entretenimiento/2012/02/29/roberto-gomez-bolanos-abandona-su-homenaje-por-complicaciones-de-salud |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141130085229/http://cnnmexico.com/entretenimiento/2012/02/29/roberto-gomez-bolanos-abandona-su-homenaje-por-complicaciones-de-salud |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 November 2014 |title=Roberto Gómez Bolaños abandona su homenaje por complicaciones de salud |publisher=CNN |access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref> They included [[Armando Manzanero]], [[Thalía]], [[Ximena Navarrete]], [[Marco Antonio Regil]], [[Juan Gabriel]], [[Diego Verdaguer]], [[Gian Marco]], [[Pandora (musical group)|Pandora]], [[Reik]], and [[OV7]].<ref name="ElUniverso"/><ref name="CNNMX"/> Chespirito's ill health was apparent: he was in a wheelchair, required oxygen tanks, and could not stay the entire program.<ref name="ElUniverso"/><ref name="CNNMX"/> Nonetheless, he expressed great emotion and gratitude for the tribute.<ref name="CNNMX"/> The special was broadcast across the participating nations on 11 March.<ref name="ElUniverso"/><ref name="CNNMX"/>

Over Twitter, Chespirito denounced the actions of the [[Yo Soy 132]] movement after the takeover of Televisa Chapultepec following the 2012 election.<ref name="Milenio"/> In 2012, Chespirito was honored by his friends and former cast members, putting an end to many rumors that the comedian was dying. Even so, former colleagues such as [[Édgar Vivar]] expressed their concern publicly for Chespirito's poor health.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==Death==
At 2:30 PM (19:30 GMT) on Friday, 28 November 2014, Chespirito died from heart failure as a complication of [[Parkinson's disease]] at the age of 85, in his home in [[Cancún]], [[Quintana Roo]], Mexico.<ref name="tinoco">{{cite web |last1=Tinoco |first1=Armando |title=Roberto Gómez Bolaños 'Chespirito' Dies: Mexican Legend Dead At 85 From Heart Failure |url=http://www.latintimes.com/roberto-gomez-bolanos-chespirito-dies-mexican-legend-dead-85-heart-failure-169736 |work=Latin Times |date=28 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Murió Roberto Gómez Bolaños, 'Chespirito' |url=http://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico/1411/murio-roberto-gomez-bolanos-chespirito/ |publisher=Noticieros Televisa |date=28 November 2014 |access-date=28 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130235454/http://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico/1411/murio-roberto-gomez-bolanos-chespirito/ |archive-date=30 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Many Mexican celebrities and Chespirito's former co-stars took to Twitter to express their feelings and send their condolences to Chespirito's widow and family. Such celebrities and former co-stars included [[George Lopez]], [[Eugenio Derbez]], [[Carlos Villagrán]], [[Édgar Vivar]], [[Rubén Aguirre]], and [[María Antonieta de las Nieves]]. Chespirito is widely regarded as one of the most renowned Spanish-language comedians of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite news |title='Chespirito,' beloved Mexican comedian who made a generation laugh, dead at 85 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/chespirito-beloved-mexican-comedian-who-made-a-generation-laugh-dead-at-85 |access-date=30 November 2014 |publisher=[[Fox News Channel]] |date=30 November 2014}}</ref>

On 1 December 2014, he was buried at the [[Panteón Francés]] in Mexico City,<ref name="Globo">{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/2014/12/roberto-bolanos-sera-enterrado-nesta-segunda-na-cidade-do-mexico.html |title=Roberto Bolaños será enterrado nesta segunda na Cidade do México |publisher=[[Grupo Globo|Globo]] |access-date=2 December 2014 |date=December 2014}}</ref> following a private funeral on Saturday and a public one held on Sunday at [[Estadio Azteca]], attended by about 40,000 fans.<ref name="Globo"/> His widow does not permit fans to visit his tomb. A private security guard is there along with a security camera at all times.

==Legacy==
[[File:El chavo.jpg|thumb|right |A statue of "[[El Chavo del Ocho (character)|El Chavo]]" stands in [[Cali]], [[Colombia]]]]
Chespirito has been described as one of the most recognized Mexican comedians of the 20th century as well as being well known and honored in all of Latin America. He has been honored for his creative writing, characters, comedic pick-up lines, and for his clean humor style. His TV shows have been made into [[Cartoon|cartoons]] since 2006 (''[[El Chavo Animado]]'', with some other Chespirito characters appearing in the show). The animated show has been translated into English, Portuguese, and French. An animated TV show based on another famous Chespirito character, ''[[El Chapulín Colorado (2015 TV series)|El Chapulín Colorado]]'', was announced in 2015. It aired the first episode online on 13 April.

=== Tributes ===
In 2000, Televisa gave him a tribute entitled "'''No contaban con mi astucia'''," commemorating the thirty-year anniversary of the humorous program ''[[El Chavo del Ocho]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Homenaje a Chespirito |date=9 April 2009 |url=http://www.chavodel8.com:80/homenaje.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409084834/http://www.chavodel8.com/homenaje.php |access-date=15 March 2021 |archive-date=9 April 2009 |journal= |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, the Art Chroniclers Association (ACROARTE) of the [[Dominican Republic]] and the [[Cervecería Nacional Dominicana|National Dominican Brewery]] awarded him the [[Soberano Awards|Soberano Award]] in recognition of his career in  Latin American television and his many facets as a writer, screenwriter, actor, comedian and producer. In 2012, there was a tribute called '''América celebra a Chespirito''' also made by Televisa, with the popular singer [[Thalía]] performing a song written by [[Gian Marco|Gian Marco Zignago]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=PERÚ |first1=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO |title=YouTube: cuando Chespirito recibió el homenaje de Gian Marco y Thalia {{!}} REDES-SOCIALES |url=https://elcomercio.pe/redes-sociales/youtube/youtube-chespirito-chavo-8-cuando-gian-marco-thalia-cancion-video-noticia-1774851/ |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=El Comercio Perú |date=28 November 2014 |language=es}}</ref> The [[Google Doodle]] of 21 February 2020, honored Chespirito.<ref name="Martinez">{{cite web |last1=Martinez |first1=Laura |title=Google Doodle honors Mexican comedian Chespirito |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/google-doodle-mexican-comedian-chespirito/ |website=CNET |access-date=21 February 2020 |date=21 February 2020}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
In 2000 and 2006, Roberto Gómez Bolaños participated in television advertisements supporting the electoral campaigns of the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=28 November 2014 |title='Chespirito', un actor que hizo campaña por el PAN y rechazó el aborto |language=es |work=ADNPolitico |url=https://adnpolitico.com/adnpolitico/2014/11/28/chespirito-un-actor-que-hizo-campana-por-el-pan-y-rechazo-el-aborto |access-date=2023-04-29 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111175311/https://adnpolitico.com/adnpolitico/2014/11/28/chespirito-un-actor-que-hizo-campana-por-el-pan-y-rechazo-el-aborto |archive-date=11 January 2019}}</ref> In 2006, he also wrote a letter to then-candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, asking him not to divide Mexicans.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-29 |title=Chespirito opositor del aborto, los matrimonios gays, pero a favor de Vicente Fox |url=https://horacero.com.mx/adios-a-chespirito/chespirito-opositor-del-aborto-los-matrimonios-gays-pero-favor-de-fox/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Hora Cero Web |language=es-MX}}</ref> 

In April 2007, he joined the claim of Catholic and conservative groups that were fighting to maintain abortion as a crime in the [[Mexico City|Federal District]], against the position of the [[Congress of Mexico City|Legislative Assembly]], whose representatives were inclined to decriminalize it during the first twelve weeks of gestation. Gómez Bolaños participated in television propaganda against the new law.<ref name=":0" /> He is known for comments on [[Pablo Picasso]]'s ''[[Guernica (Picasso)|Guernica]]'' painting, such as those made at the beginning of May 2007, in Colombia, where he declared that the work "is a caricature."<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 May 2007 |title=Afirma Chespirito que el Guernica de Picasso es una caricatura |work=[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]] |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/422268.html |access-date=2023-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020044649/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/422268.html |archive-date=2014-10-20}}</ref>

When asked who had been the best president of Mexico, Chespirito replied: "[[Gustavo Díaz Ordaz]] in some things and not because he was my uncle, whom nobody wanted. Before 1968, he was the best president, and if we look at the numbers of the inflation that Mexico experienced is justified. Then, [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari|Salinas]], although he had not won, but he was extremely intelligent. And the same thing happens with Fox, his figures are better after Díaz Ordaz pa'cá. Now, the most accurate answer I can give is: none."<ref>{{Cite web |title=La desconocida relación entre "Chespirito" y Gustavo Díaz Ordaz |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/07/16/la-desconocida-relacion-entre-chespirito-y-gustavo-diaz-ordaz/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=infobae |date=16 July 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>

Fernando Rodríguez Mondragón, son of Colombian drug lord [[Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela]], head of the extinct [[Cali Cartel]] in Colombia and author of the book ''El hijo del ajedrecista'', pointed out that Roberto Gómez Bolaños performed at a party for one of the sons of the heads of the aforementioned cartel. Given this information, Gómez Bolaños' immediate response was that he had never been linked to drug trafficking in any of its forms, but María Antonieta de las Nieves assured that ''El show de Chespirito'' was presented at the celebration of a first communion for the family of the drug dealer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Torreón |first=El Siglo de |date=2007-09-18 |title=Chespirito niega asistencia a fiestas de narcos |url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/2007/chespirito-niega-asistencia-a-fiestas-de-narcos.html |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx |language=es}}</ref>

=== Accusations of support for dictatorships ===
According to ''El Financiero'', Roberto Gómez Bolaños was severely criticized for traveling to South American nations that were under the yoke of dictators such as [[Jorge Rafael Videla]] in Argentina, and [[Augusto Pinochet]] in Chile. Eduardo Bautista wrote that "According to the comedian himself, the cast of ''El Chavo'' visited all the countries of the continent, [...] The case most criticized by the Mexican media was, perhaps; that of 1978, when Chespirito traveled to [[Santiago]], the Chilean capital, during [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)|Pinochet's regime]]," appearing at the [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Chilean National Stadium]], where he had a record audience of 80,000. On the other hand, at the [[Quinta Vergara Amphitheater|Quinta Vergara]] stage during the [[Viña del Mar]] Festival, "thousands of fans also attended, who even had to be accommodated in the surrounding mountainous areas, as the place had exceeded its quota."<ref name="Latin American's dictatorships" />

Gómez Bolaños received negative criticism from the Mexican press for having appeared at the [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|National Stadium]], a place that had been used as a [[Internment|concentration camp]]. Bolaños did not respond to these accusations until 2005 in the book ''Sin querer queriendo'', he clarified that "none of the actors was aware that the stadium had been a [[Internment|concentration camp]]" and that, had they known it, "we would have worked there anyway". He goes on to say that, according to that logic, "no actor should present themselves in the [[Zócalo]] where the memory of all those who were murdered during the [[Ten Tragic Days]] was muddied". The comedian also expressed his happiness for having performed at the [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|National Stadium]]: "How can we forget the long standing ovation that they gave us while we did an Olympic lap twice, even though we ended up puffing with exhaustion? It was worth it, wasn't it?".<ref name="Latin American's dictatorships">{{cite journal |title=Chespirito y su relación con las dictaduras de AL |website=www.elfinanciero.com.mx |date=2 December 2014 |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/after-office/chespirito-y-las-dictaduras-de-al |access-date=16 May 2021}}</ref>

=== Legal Issues with Maria Antonieta De Las Nieves ===

In July 2013, Maria Antonieta announced that she finally won a lawsuit against Chespirito, backed by [[Televisa]] which began in 2001 for the misuse of her character ''La Chilindrina''. "You have the scoop of knowing that I have already won the lawsuit against [[Televisa]] and Chespirito. Chilindrina is already mine and no one can take her away from me," De Las Nieves said at a press conference in [[Lima]], the capital of [[Peru]]. According to the [[American immigration to Mexico|American-Mexican]] media [[Univision]], on 26 July 2013, Gomez Bolaños told them that "the day [[El Chavo del Ocho|El Chavo]] ended, everyone did whatever they wanted with their character, that's how I wanted to do it. I said I was going to continue, he said yes, but later he regretted it and said no." Unlike Carlos Villagran who left the show in 1978, Maria Antonieta stayed on the show until the late-1990s.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Cómo fue la cruel batalla judicial de 12 años que enfrentó a la Chilindrina con Chespirito |journal=Infobae |date=26 July 2020 |page=infobae.com |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2020/07/26/como-fue-la-cruel-batalla-judicial-de-12-anos-que-enfrento-a-la-chilindrina-con-chespirito/ |access-date=16 May 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>

=== Series stopped all airings ===
On 31 July 2020, all TV channels and streaming services that broadcast any of Chespirito's series announced that they were no longer broadcasting it from the next day on. Currently, the reason they gave was because the contract expired that day, and [[Televisa]] (owner of the series) didn't update it due to revenue disputes with Grupo Chespirito (owner of all episode scripts and almost all characters).{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

Currently, the only exception to this rule is ''[[El Chavo Animado|El Chavo: The Animated Series]]'' broadcasting in Brazil, being still broadcast on [[Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão|SBT]] via the {{Abbr|Sábado Animado|Animated Saturday}} block and still available locally on [[Amazon Prime Video]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0CBG89NRW/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s1|title=El Chavo Animado - Prime Video|website=Amazon }}</ref>

=== Series resumes some airings ===
On 7 September 2024, it was announced by [[Florinda Meza]] on Twitter/X that ''El Chavo'' and ''El Chapulín Colorado'' would be returning to television after a four year absence. Both shows would be returning to [[UniMas]] and [[Univision]], and streaming on [[Vix (streaming service)|Vix]] beginning 21 September 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Univision Unveils Must-See Programming for September |url=https://corporate.televisaunivision.com/press/2024/09/09/univision-unveils-must-see-programming-for-september/ |website=corporate.televisaunivision.com |access-date=10 September 2024 |date=9 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Los programas de Chespirito regresan a la TV con ViX y Unimás |url=https://todotvnews.com/los-programas-de-chespirito-regresan-a-la-tv-con-vix-y-unimas/ |website=todotvnews.com |access-date=10 September 2024 |language=es |date=10 September 2024}}</ref> The show would return to Las Estrellas in Mexico a month later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corporate.televisaunivision.com/press/2024/09/10/televisaunivision-celebra-el-regreso-de-el-chavo/|title= TelevisaUnivision celebra el regreso de El Chavo|work=TelevisaUnivision|date=10 September 2024}}</ref>

== Theatre work ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
|1985
|''Títere''
|José Grillo
|-
|1992-2009
|{{ill|Once y doce|es|italic=yes}}
|Eloy Madrazo
|-
|}

==Filmography==
=== TV series ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
|-
| 1956-1967
| ''Cómicos y Canciones''
|-
| 1968-1970
| ''Sábados de la Fortuna''
|-
| 1969-1970
| ''El Ciudadano Gómez''
|-
| 1970-1971
| ''[[Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada]]''
|-
| 1971-1973/1980-1995
| [[Chespirito (TV series)|''Chespirito'']]
|-
| 1973-1979
| ''[[El Chapulín Colorado]]''
|-
| 1973-1980
| ''[[El Chavo del Ocho]]''
|-
| 1979-1980
|{{ill|La Chicharra|es|La chicharra (serie de televisión)|italic=yes}}
|-
| 1993-1994
| ''Con humor… al estilo Chespirito''
|}

===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| rowspan="2" |1960
| ''[[Dos locos en escena]]''
| Don Juan
|-
| ''Dos criados malcriados''
|
|-
| 1967
| ''El mundo loco de los jóvenes''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1968
| ''Operación carambola''
| Carlitos
|-
| ''El zángano''
| Psychologist
|-
| 1969
|{{ill|La princesa hippie|es|italic=yes}}
| Damian Damianoski
|-
| rowspan="4" |1970
| ''Las tres magnificas''
| Manolo
|-
|{{ill|El amor de Maria Isabel|es|italic=yes}}
| Driving instructor
|-
| {{ill|El cuerpazo del delito|es|italic=yes}}
| Goliath
|-
|{{ill|La hermana Trinquete|es|italic=yes}}
|
|-
| 1979
|{{ill|El Chanfle|es|italic=yes}}
| rowspan="2" |Chanfle
|-
| 1982
| ''[[El Chanfle 2]]''
|-
| 1983
|{{ill|Don ratón y don ratero|es|italic=yes}}
| Ratón Pérez
|-
|1984
|{{ill|Charrito|es|italic=yes}}
|Charrito
|-
|1988
|{{ill|Música de Viento|es|italic=yes}}
|Sr. Quevedo
|-
|}

=== Director ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
|-
| 1958
| ''Los legionarios''
|-
| 1959
| ''Tres lecciones de amor''
|-
| 1962
| ''¡En peligro de muerte!''
|-
| 1984
| ''Charrito''
|-
| 1991
|''[[Milagro y magia]]''
|}

=== Producer ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Elisa Before the End of the World]]''
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Un baúl lleno de miedo]]''
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
<big>'''TVyNovelas Awards'''</big>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year 
! Category
! TV series 
! Result
! Ref
|-
| rowspan="2"|1987
| Best comedy actor
| rowspan="3" |[[Chespirito (TV series)|Chespirito]]
|{{won}}
|rowspan="3"|<ref name="Awards">{{cite journal |date=28 November 2019 |title=Hace 5 años falleció el inolvidable actor mexicano Chespirito |url=https://enterate24.com/hace-5-anos-fallecio-el-inolvidable-actor-mexicano-chespirito/ |language=es |access-date=15 March 2021 |website=Enterate24.com}}</ref>
|-
| Best comedy program
|{{won}}
|-
|1991
| Best comedy actor
|{{won}}
|}

<big>'''ACE Awards'''</big>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year 
! Category
! Result
! Ref
|-
|2008
|Extraordinary Awards
|{{won}}
|<ref name="Awards" />
|-
|}
On 20 November 2013, Chespirito received the Ondas Iberoamericano Award for the most outstanding career on television.<ref>{{cite news |title=Premios Ondas 2013 reconocieron la trayectoria de Chespirito |language=es |page=adnradio.cl |work=ADN |url=https://www.adnradio.cl/tiempo-libre/2013/10/30/premios-ondas-2013-reconocieron-la-trayectoria-de-chespirito-2005098.html |access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref>

== Discography ==
* 1977: ''Chespirito y Sus Canciones - ¡No Contaban Con Mi Astucia!'' (Discos Fontana)
* 1977: ''Así Cantamos y Vacilamos en la Vecindad del Chavo'' (Discos Fontana)
* 1979: ''1er Festival de la Canción Infantil de Radio Variedades - Canta Chespirito y su Compañía''
* 1980: ''El Chavo Canta - ¡Eso, Eso, Eso...!'' (Discos Fontana)
* 1981: ''Síganme los Buenos a la Vecindad del Chavo'' (Discos Fontana)
* 1989: ''Chaves'' ([[Polydor Records|Polydor Records Brazil]]/[[Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão|SBT]])

== Books ==
* 1995: ''El diario del Chavo del 8'' {{ISBN|978-607-111-041-1|607-111-041-6}}
* 2003: ''...y también poemas'' {{ISBN|978-607-111-032-9|607-111-032-7}}
* 2006: ''¡Sin querer queriendo!'' {{ISBN|9786071110565}}

== See also ==
* [[Cantinflas]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* {{cite book |last1=Gómez Bolaños |first1=Roberto |title=Sin querer queriendo |trans-title=Wanting Without Wanting |year=2007 |publisher=Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial |location=Mexico City |isbn=9786071110565 |oclc=898484220}}
*{{cite book |last=Bolaños |first=Roberto |title=...y también poemas |publisher=Punto de lectura |location=México |year=2006 |isbn=9786071110329 |oclc=911181209 |language=es}}
*{{cite book |last=Mora |first=Carl |title=Mexican cinema : reflections of a society, 1896-1980 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |year=1982 |isbn=978-0-520-04304-6 |oclc=7554748 |url=https://archive.org/details/mexicancinemaref00moraa}}

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*{{cite web |url=http://www.chespirito.org |title=Episodes guide, videos, collectibles, etc.}}
*{{cite web |url=https://elchavo.remembered.com |title=El Chavo Online Memorial}}
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