![]() Paquirri in 1971 | |
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Nickname | Paquirri |
Nationality | Spanish |
Born | Zahara de los Atunes, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain | 5 March 1948
Died | 26 September 1984 Córdoba, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain | (aged 36)
Resting place | Cemetery of San Fernando 37°24′59.2″N 5°58′56.5″W / 37.416444°N 5.982361°W |
Monument(s) | Pozoblanco bullring Mausoleum sculpture El Puerto de Santa María bullring |
Home town | Barbate, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain |
Occupation | Bullfighter |
Years active | 1962–1984 |
Agent | José Camará Manolo Camará (apoderados)[1][2] |
Spouse(s) |
Carmen Ordóñez
(m. 1973; div. 1979) |
Children | Francisco Rivera Ordóñez Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez Francisco José Rivera Pantoja |
Parents |
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Relative(s) | José Rivera Pérez (brother) José Antonio Canales Rivera (nephew) |
Francisco Rivera Pérez (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko riˈβeɾa ˈpeɾeθ]; 5 March 1948 – 26 September 1984), better known as Paquirri (Spanish: [paˈkiri]), was a Spanish bullfighter. He died after being gored by a bull named Avispado at the Pozoblanco bullring.[3] During his career, he was six times borne shoulder-high out through the Great Gate at Las Ventas.[4][5]
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