HE Mexican actor and conductor Xavier López Rodríguez, who died this Saturday at the age of 88, character will be remembered as “Chabelo”He’s a loud boy in shorts who has been a part of Mexican life since he first played it in the 1950s.
“This is a very sad morning, father, brother and husband, Xavier López Chabelo, suddenly passed away due to abdominal complications,” the actor’s relatives said.
Also, the López Miranda family asked Mexicans and followers of the iconic legend. chabelo character pray for restas well as allowing them to mourn their departure in peace.
“With a torn soul and knowing that many people have wanted this for years And we ask that they will feel separated, pray for their rest and give us the opportunity to pass on the mourning that surrounds our entire family in peace.”
Although Chabelo grew up and spent most of his life in Mexico, López was born on February 17, 1935, in Chicago, United States, where his parents lived together.
Actually, always retained US citizenship and even enlisted by that country’s Army during the Korean War (1950-1953) at the age of 18.
He served at a military base in San Diego for several months, but saw no combat action as the conflict ended in those days.
After returning to Mexico from his draft, He entered the university to study medicine.but coincidentally and by necessity, he got a job as a general assistant in the emerging Mexican television.
On one occasion, announcer and presenter Ramiro Gamboa, ‘Tío Gamboín’, deliberately ability to influence soundsHe asked her to read a joke from a book.
It was about a father and son named Chabelo, and when he read it he made the voice of a boy who would accompany him from now on, despite his imposing height of 1.92 meters.
Gamboa invited him to play jokes with him on the live broadcast, and so Chabelo was born during the broadcast of the children’s show Carrusel musical.
with character López’s career in show business also beganThis caused him to drop out of his medical education.
For several years, Gamboa and López formed a duo in television and film productions, where the former played the father of the latter.
After living in New York for a while, I am working theatre And cinemaHe returned to Mexico and worked as a writer for the program “La media hora de Chabelo”, which ran for more than seven years and from which other comedy programs were derived.
He has worked in numerous film productions alongside famous directors such as Ismael Rodríguez and Arturo Ripstein.Alongside comedians like Germán Valdés “Tin Tán”, Manuel “Loco” Valdés, Gaspar Henaine “Capulina” and Mario Moreno “Cantinflas”.
in November 1967 Sunday game show ‘En familia con Chabelo’ aireda family structure where he works as a writer, producer and conductor.
In 2012, she received two Guinness Record certifications for 44 years as the host of ‘En familia con Chabelo’ and 57 years in acting as an actress. To the character ‘Friend of all children Chabelo’.
However, on November 27, 2015, he announced the end of “En Familia”, which had been broadcasting continuously for 48 years on the Televisa network.
“Everything in life has a cycle, a beginning and an end”Chabelo said in a video posted on social networks after weeks of rumors about the fate of his program.
However, until December of that year, he continued to work as the same boy in shorts on the TV show “Parodiando”, despite his wrinkled face and high-pitched baby voice marked by a harsh tone.
But in 2018, many heard his natural voice for the first time in the thriller ‘The Mongolian Conspiracy’, where he portrayed a soldier.
In 2019, she denied rumors of alleged health issues via networks. “I’m so good. The gossipers are so bad. I’m sending you a trumpet with all my love”he said in October, with his characteristic good humor.