Americas|Roberto Gómez Bolaños, the Mexican Comedic Artist 'Chespirito,' Dies …

Beloved Mexican comic actor, screenwriter and television director Roberto Gomez Bolaños, better known by his pseudonym "Chespirito," died Friday at his home in the resort city of Cancun, family sources told Efe. He was 85. The creator of characters

El actor Roberto Gómez Bolaños, mejor conocido como Chespirito, murió hoy a los 85 años, en Cancún. Desde 2009 arrastraba problemas de salud que siempre captaban la atención de la prensa ante la posibilidad de un 

Beloved Mexican comic actor, screenwriter and television director Roberto Gomez Bolaños, better known by his pseudonym "Chespirito," died Friday at his home in the resort city of Cancun, family sources told Efe. He was 85. The creator of characters

Roberto Gomez Bolanos, the iconic Mexican comedian who wrote and played the boy television character "El Chavo del Ocho" that defined a generation for millions of Latin American children, died Friday at age 85. Known as "Chespirito" (chess-pee-REE-to), 

Gómez Bolaños — whose nickname Chespirito meant “Little Shakespeare” for his short stature and prolific writing — created some of the most popular television shows in the history of Latin America. In “El Chavo del Ocho”