Francisco Rivera Perez
Francisco Rivera Pérez (born March 4, 1948 in Zahara de los Atunes , Cádiz province , † September 26, 1984 in Pozoblanco , Córdoba province ), called Paquirri, was a Spanish torero .
Life
He came from a bullfighter family and grew up in Barbate , Province of Cádiz. His father was the lesser known Novillero Antonio Rivera Alvarado (1920–2009). His brother Jóse Rivera also became a matador, as did his sons Francisco and Cayetano later.
He made his debut as Novillero in 1962 at the age of 14. The promotion to the Matador de Toros, the Alternativa, took place on August 11, 1966 in the bullring in Barcelona . The solemn confirmation of this promotion, the confirmación, took place on May 18, 1967 in the most important bullring in Spain, the Arena Las Ventas in Madrid . In the 1970s and 1980s he became a crowd puller alongside " El Cordobés " Manuel Benítez Pérez. In some years he fought in up to 90 corridas. The Andalusian killed around 2000 fighting bulls in just under twenty years .
On April 30, 1983, he married the Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja .
On September 26, 1984, Pérez died as a result of an accident during a bullfight. At the beginning of the fight in the small bullring in Pozoblanco (Cordoba Province) he was hit hard on the right thigh by the bull Avispado ( the shrewd one ). The femoral artery in particular was injured. The inadequately equipped infirmary in the small bullring was not prepared for such an injury. While he was still in the infirmary, he talked to the doctors and supervisors around.
A small ambulance attempted to take Pérez to the Cordoba Military Hospital several hours away , but died of cardiac arrest on the way. He is therefore considered to be the first famous bullfighter who was not immediately killed by a bull.
Francisco Rivera Pérez was buried in the San Fernando Cemetery in Seville .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Walter Haubrich : The last fight of Francisco Rivera. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . September 28, 1984
- ↑ Died: Francisco Rivera . In: Der Spiegel . No. 40, October 1, 1984
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rivera Pérez, Francisco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paquirri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | spanish torero |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zahara de los Atunes , Cadiz Province , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1984 |
| Place of death | Pozoblanco , Cordoba Province , Spain |