Arévalo in 2014

Francisco Rodríguez Iglesias (2 September 1947 – 3 January 2024), better known as Arévalo, was a Spanish comedian and actor.

Life and career

Iglesias was raised in Catarroja, Valencia, and his first performances date back to 1970 in which he portrayed a comedic bullfighter.[1] His filmography includes Moscow Gold and Isi & Disi: High Voltage (2006).[2][3]

Iglesias was specially famous during the 1970s and early 1980s for his jokes about "gangosos y mariquitas" (people with nasal voice and homosexuals) that were sold in cassettes in petrol stations around Spain.[4] His brand of humor eventually took a nosedive, and "to look like an Arévalo joke" became a generic expression meaning "a type of grotesque and stale humor that is difficult to tolerate".[5]

Iglesias was found dead at his home in Valencia, on 3 January 2024, at the age of 76.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ APLAUSOS, Redacción (3 January 2024). "Muere en Valencia Paco Arévalo, torero cómico, humorista y gran aficionado a los toros". Aplausos.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Costas, Nayín (5 July 2017). "Arévalo la lía de nuevo: "No entiendo por qué un mariquita se ofende por un chiste"". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "ABC MADRID 10-07-1997 página 116 - Archivo ABC". abc. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  4. ↑ Arévalo la lía de nuevo: "No entiendo por qué un mariquita se ofende por un chiste" in elconfidencial.com (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Marcos, Patricia (4 January 2023). "Los últimos años de Arévalo: entre sus críticas al Gobierno y las que recibió por su controvertido humor". Bluper – via El Español.
  6. ↑ Camacho, Noelia (3 January 2024). "Muere el humorista Paco Arévalo a los 76 años en su casa de Valencia". Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Muere el humorista Paco Arévalo a los 76 años". www.larazon.es (in Spanish). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
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