Rubén Aguirre
Mexican actor (1934–2016)
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- Rubén Aguirre Fuentes ( Spanish pronunciation: [ruˈβen aˈɣire ˈfwentes] ; 15 June 1934 – 17 June 2016) was a Mexican actor and comedian.
- Aguirre also participated in another well known television show of the era, El Chapulín Colorado , albeit less frequently.
- In his book Después de Usted ( After You , a common phrase used by his character Professor Jirafales), published in February 2015, he wrote about the difficulty of finding higher education institutions in Mexico during the mid 1950s, since there were very few schools.
- Once in Juárez, he would regularly cross into the United States, since according to his memoir, "it was so easy to cross the border back then, I remember I would put on my college jacket on and since the gringo would see that you were a student, he would let you through".
- It was in Juárez, as well, where he began his career in the media as an unofficial radio host and bullfighting commentator.
Rubén Aguirre Fuentes (Spanish pronunciation: [ruˈβen aˈɣire ˈfwentes]; 15 June 1934 – 17 June 2016) was a Mexican actor and comedian. He was best known for his character Professor Jirafales in Televisa's 1970s television show El Chavo del Ocho. Aguirre also participated in another well known television show of the era, El Chapulín Colorado, albeit less frequently.
Life and education
Rubén Aguirre was born on 15 June 1934 in the neighborhood of Santa Anita located at Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.
In his book Después de Usted (After You, a common phrase used by his character Professor Jirafales), published in February 2015, he wrote about the difficulty of finding higher education institutions in Mexico during the mid 1950s, since there were very few schools. This is why in his late teenage years, he moved to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, to study in one of the most renowned universities of that time, the Escuela Superior de Agricultura Hermanos Escobar (Hermanos Escobar Higher School of Agriculture), where he studied Agricultural Engineering.
Once in Juárez, he would regularly cross into the United States, since according to his memoir, "it was so easy to cross the border back then, I remember I would put on my college jacket on and since the gringo would see that you were a student, he would let you through". Rubén Aguirre worked many times as a gardener in El Paso to make ends meet.
It was in Juárez, as well, where he began his career in the media as an unofficial radio host and bullfighting commentator. His passion to become a radio announcer was so big that he paused his college education to travel to Mexico City and get his radio license.
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