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Paquirri

Paquirri

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Paquirri (born Francisco Rivera Pérez March 5,1948 in Zahara de los Atunes
Zahara de los Atunes
Zahara de los Atunes is a village on the Costa de la Luz of Spain in the province of Cádiz and the autonomous region of Andalusia.It has Barbate and Tarifa very near by and has excellent beaches. In the town there are a variety of restaurants, cafes, hotels, an outdoor cinema, and a scenic church....

, Cádiz
Cádiz
Cádiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Cádiz Province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...

 -September 26, 1984 in Pozoblanco
Pozoblanco
Pozoblanco is a town in the Córdoba province of southern Spain, in the north-central part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population is estimated at 16,996 according to the National Institute of Statistics....

, Córdoba
Córdoba, Spain
||-||-||}Córdoba is a city in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. Located at 37.88° North, 4.77° West, on the Guadalquivir river, it was founded in ancient Roman times as Corduba by Claudius Marcellus...

, Andalucía, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...

) was a Spanish
Spanish people
Spanish people or Spaniards constitute the nationality and ethnic group of natives of Spain, a European country in the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. The Spanish nationality is in essence made up of regional nationalities, reflecting the complex history of Spain...

 bullfighter.

During a bullfight in Pozoblanco
Pozoblanco
Pozoblanco is a town in the Córdoba province of southern Spain, in the north-central part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population is estimated at 16,996 according to the National Institute of Statistics....

 (Córdoba), he was gored by a bull named "Avispado" (cunning) and died while he was being moved to the hospital of Córdoba. He was first married to Carmen Ordóñez
Carmen Ordóñez
Carmina Ordóñez was a daughter, ex-wife and mother of bullfighters.She was married to a bullfighter, the late Paquirri, and her father was the famous bullfighter Antonio Ordóñez of the Ordóñez dinasty. Her sons Francisco Rivera Ordóñez and Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez are also bullfighters...

, with whom he had two sons, Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez
Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez
Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez, is a Spanish matador.He is the son of Francisco Rivera 'Paquirri' and Carmen Ordóñez along with his elder brother, the matador Francisco Rivera Ordóñez. His father’s second wife was Isabel Pantoja, with whom Cayetano has a half brother, Francisco Rivera Pantoja...

 and Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
Francisco Rivera Ordóñez is a Spanish bullfighter.He is the son of Francisco Rivera Paquirri and Carmen Ordóñez...

. Both these sons are part of the Ordóñez family bullfighting dynasty
Ordóñez (bullfighter family)
Ordóñez is a bullfighter family that has flourished since 1917 in Ronda; it is one of two significant bullfighter families from the same city; the other one is the Romero family.Notable members of the Ordóñez family are:...

.
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Paquirri (born Francisco Rivera Pérez March 5,1948 in Zahara de los Atunes
Zahara de los Atunes
Zahara de los Atunes is a village on the Costa de la Luz of Spain in the province of Cádiz and the autonomous region of Andalusia.It has Barbate and Tarifa very near by and has excellent beaches. In the town there are a variety of restaurants, cafes, hotels, an outdoor cinema, and a scenic church....

, Cádiz
Cádiz
Cádiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Cádiz Province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...

 -September 26, 1984 in Pozoblanco
Pozoblanco
Pozoblanco is a town in the Córdoba province of southern Spain, in the north-central part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population is estimated at 16,996 according to the National Institute of Statistics....

, Córdoba
Córdoba, Spain
||-||-||}Córdoba is a city in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. Located at 37.88° North, 4.77° West, on the Guadalquivir river, it was founded in ancient Roman times as Corduba by Claudius Marcellus...

, Andalucía, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...

) was a Spanish
Spanish people
Spanish people or Spaniards constitute the nationality and ethnic group of natives of Spain, a European country in the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. The Spanish nationality is in essence made up of regional nationalities, reflecting the complex history of Spain...

 bullfighter.

During a bullfight in Pozoblanco
Pozoblanco
Pozoblanco is a town in the Córdoba province of southern Spain, in the north-central part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population is estimated at 16,996 according to the National Institute of Statistics....

 (Córdoba), he was gored by a bull named "Avispado" (cunning) and died while he was being moved to the hospital of Córdoba. He was first married to Carmen Ordóñez
Carmen Ordóñez
Carmina Ordóñez was a daughter, ex-wife and mother of bullfighters.She was married to a bullfighter, the late Paquirri, and her father was the famous bullfighter Antonio Ordóñez of the Ordóñez dinasty. Her sons Francisco Rivera Ordóñez and Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez are also bullfighters...

, with whom he had two sons, Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez
Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez
Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez, is a Spanish matador.He is the son of Francisco Rivera 'Paquirri' and Carmen Ordóñez along with his elder brother, the matador Francisco Rivera Ordóñez. His father’s second wife was Isabel Pantoja, with whom Cayetano has a half brother, Francisco Rivera Pantoja...

 and Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
Francisco Rivera Ordóñez is a Spanish bullfighter.He is the son of Francisco Rivera Paquirri and Carmen Ordóñez...

. Both these sons are part of the Ordóñez family bullfighting dynasty
Ordóñez (bullfighter family)
Ordóñez is a bullfighter family that has flourished since 1917 in Ronda; it is one of two significant bullfighter families from the same city; the other one is the Romero family.Notable members of the Ordóñez family are:...

. After a divorce, he was married to the famous Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja
Isabel Pantoja
Isabel Pantoja is a popular contemporary Spanish singer, of Romani origin, born on 2 August 1956, in the Triana district of Seville, Spain...

, with whom he had a son named Francisco José Rivera Pantoja.