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Chabelo

Mexican actor

PersonDied aged 88humanQ5066005

Also known as Xavier López Rodríguez · Xavier Lopez Rodriguez

Born: February 17, 1935
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1.Stated in MusicBrainzRetrieved 2025-11-11
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Died: March 25, 2023
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1.infobae.com/mexico/2023/03/25/murio-xavier-lopez-chabelo-a-los-88-anos/
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Birthplace: Chicago
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1.Stated in MusicBrainzRetrieved 2025-11-11
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Place of death: Mexico City
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1.Stated in MusicBrainzRetrieved 2025-11-11
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Citizenship: United States
, Mexico
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Occupation: actor
, television actor
, film actor
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Spouse: Angelita Castany
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Languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish

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Xavier López Rodríguez, 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.

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in MusicBrainzRetrieved 2025-11-11
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Given name: Xavier
Family name: López
Started: November 26, 1967
Start of work period: 1952
Ended: December 20, 2015
Genre: children's music
Native language: Spanish
Writing language: Spanish
Religion or worldview: Catholic Church
Pseudonym: Chabelo
End of work period: 2023
Name in native language: Xavier López Rodríguez
Second family name in Spanish name: Rodríguez
Social media followers: 135,013(March 28, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 146477185
Child: Rossy Aguirre

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