CHRONICLE CHESPIRITO

He was born in Mexico City, on February 21, 1929; died in Cancun, Quintana Roo, on November

28, 2014. He began his career as an advertising creative, which connected him to radio and

television, in which he was, during the 1950s, a very active screenwriter. He also made several film

scripts for the Viruta and Capulin duo and briefly began as an actor with them in Dos servants

spoiled, in 1960. In 1968, Mexico's Channel 8 began broadcasting and Chespirito was called as a

writer with the offer to use a half-hour a week at his whim. Thus, The Super Geniuses of the

Square Table and his acting career were born. In 1972, El Chavo appeared. Both characters worked

so well that the show was divided into two, dedicating half an hour to each.

Despite being well known for his roles as Chavo and Chapulín Colorado, he was also the creator of

several other characters, such as Chómpiras, Doctor Chapatín, Vicente Chambón and Chaparrón

Bonaparte. He also starred in Mexican films, written and acted by himself, such as El Chanfle and El

Chanfle 2, Don Ratón and don Ratero, Charrito and Música de viento.

Outside of his usual television characters, starting in 1992, he performed the play Once y twelve in

the theater for several years, with which he achieved more than 28,000 performances. He also

ventured into the telenovela genre in 1991 directing and producing Milagro and magic in

conjunction with Florinda Meza and provided the lyrics for the musical themes of La dueña in 1995

and Siempre tener alas in 1997 and directs the musicalization for Milagro and magic in 1991.
Gómez Bolaños had two relationships. In the first instance, he married Graciela Fernández, with

whom he had six children. Later, the relationship he had with one of the co-stars of his program,

Florinda Meza, who played Doña Florinda in El Chavo del 8, was made public. On November 12,

2009, Chespirito was admitted to the emergency room at a hospital in Mexico City. According to

statements by his son Roberto Gómez Fernández; Chespirito had a prostate complication, for

which he underwent a simple surgery.

Acknowledgments
In 2000, Televisa gave him a tribute entitled "They didn't count on my cunning", commemorating

the thirty-year anniversary of the El Chavo program from 8.26. In 2002, he received his star on the

Paseo de las Luminarias in Mexico. In 2004 the Association of Art Chroniclers (ACROARTE) of the

Dominican Republic and the Dominican National Brewery awarded him the International

Sovereign in recognition of his career in Latin American television and his many facets as a writer,

screenwriter, actor, comedian and producer. 272829. In 2012, a tribute called América celebrates

Chespirito was made by Televisa itself. In one of the presentations, the most emotional was the

interpretation of Thalía, Gracias, composed by Gian Marco where he approached directly.30

On November 20, 2013, Chespirito received the Ondas Iberoamericano Award for the most

outstanding career on television.