Chabelo dies, the character who visited millions of homes in Mexico for decades

Chabelo has died and millions of families begin their mourning for the character who accompanied them for decades.

The 88-year-old comedian has died from abdominal medical complications, according to the first reports;

he had recently overcome cancer with a poor prognosis, as he himself confirmed last year.

Actor, host of one of the longest running television programs, Xavier López spent 40 years visiting Mexican homes every Sunday with the En familia con Chabelo space.

And he spent even longer embodying the famous character that gave him his name.

López was originally from Guanajuato, although he was born in the United States.

He studied Medicine and still had time to practice this profession for a few years, but his destiny was on the screen, which gave him fame.

There were few characters as well known in Mexico as he was.

Cancer surprised him months ago, but last year he gave it up and the "friend of all children", as he was also known, announced jokingly: "Cancer?

Yes, overcome, thank God and the doctors, out of danger.

Hopeless?

No!

Crazy?

Yes, a little bit, since I was little.

Senile?

After 15 years...".

He made the jokes and was the object of them.

Dozens of memes used the character of Chabelo to make jokes.

He compared himself to the Queen of England and other famous people in the world to make people laugh, knowing that everyone in Mexico would get the joke.

Chabelo has died at the age of 88 and with him one of the most familiar faces in the country is lost.

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