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Chabelo
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Also known as Xavier López Rodríguez, Xavier Lopez Rodriguez

Xavier López Rodríguez (17 February 1935 – 25 March 2023), known professionally as Chabelo, was a Mexican actor, comedian, television presenter and children's music singer. In addition to his television career, Chabelo appeared in more than thirty motion pictures and recorded more than thirty musical albums. He produced shows including La Cuchufleta, La Güereja Quiere Más and En Familia con Chabelo, the latter of which was broadcast every Sunday morning on Televisa's Canal de las Estrellas. It aired for 47 years and consisted of contests with people from the audience, gifts and games and was m

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Mexico
Active from
1935-02-17
Active to
2023-03-25
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Listeners
12,081
Total plays
35,967

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Key facts

Person.name
Chabelo
Person.image
Chabelo en 2021 2.jpg
Person.caption
Chabelo in 2021
Person.birth_place
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Person.birth_name
Xavier López Rodríguez
Person.death_place
Mexico City, Mexico
Person.occupation
Actor, television host
Person.years_active
1952–2019

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Xavier
Family name
López
Gender
male
Citizenship
Mexico
Place of birth
Chicago
Place of death
Mexico City
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
Spanish
Native language
Spanish
Image
Chabelo en 2021 2.jpg
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Commons category
Chabelo
date of birth
1935-02-17
start time
1967-11-26
start of work period
1952-00-00
end time
2015-12-20
writing language
Spanish
date of death
2023-03-25
pseudonym
Chabelo
end of work period
2023-00-00
name in native language
Xavier López Rodríguez
second family name in Spanish name
Rodríguez
social media followers
135013
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Artistic career
  • ''En Familia con Chabelo''
  • Other shows
  • Death
  • Filmography
  • TV shows
  • TV soaps
  • Film
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Xavier López Rodríguez (17 February 1935 – 25 March 2023), known professionally as Chabelo, was a Mexican actor, comedian, television presenter and children's music singer. In addition to his television career, Chabelo appeared in more than thirty motion pictures and recorded more than thirty musical albums. He produced shows including La Cuchufleta, La Güereja Quiere Más and En Familia con Chabelo, the latter of which was broadcast every Sunday morning on Televisa's Canal de las Estrellas. It aired for 47 years and consisted of contests with people from the audience, gifts and games and was mainly for children. The program ended on 20 December 2015. At the time of his death, he was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

==Early life== Xavier López was born on 17 February 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, before the family moved back to Mexico and settled in the city of León, Guanajuato.

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