Beloved comic and tv icon Xavier López, most famous by the viewers because the TV celebrity ‘Chabelo’ has died. The Mexican comedian handed away on the age of 88 on Saturday.

The unlucky information of Xavier López’s demise was introduced on the social networking platform Twitter. Maintain scrolling additional to search out out the trigger behind the loss of life of the legendary comedian.

What was the trigger behind the loss of life of Xavier López?

Mexican actor, comic, tv presenter, and youngsters’s music singer, Xavier López Rodríguez popularly identified by his followers worldwide as ‘Chabelo’ died on account of “belly issues.” On the time of his passing, he was 88 years previous. He was one of many final stars from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.

The unhappy information of the favored youngsters’s comedian was shared on his official Twitter web page this morning by way of an announcement that learn, “This can be a very unhappy morning, Xavier López, Chabelo, father, brother, and husband has left us immediately, on account of belly issues.”

In a separate tweet, Xavier’s household mentioned, “With a torn soul and figuring out that many and many individuals have liked him for a few years and that they may really feel his departure, we ask you to wish for his relaxation and provides us the chance to spend in peace the mourning that overwhelms our complete household. Lopez Miranda Household.”

In keeping with a Fb put up shared by well-known information character Debora Estrella, Xavier was hospitalized in CDMX for intestinal illness the place he took his final breaths at round 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, 2023.

Debora took to her Fb profile and wrote, “LAST MINUTE They report the loss of life of Xavier López “Chabelo” on the age of 88. He was hospitalized in CDMX on account of intestinal illness and died round 8:00 a.m. of this Saturday. RIP.” Chabelo is survived by his spouse Teresita Miranda.

Who was Xavier López?

Chabelo was a Mexican actor, comic, and tv host who was born on February 17, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois, the USA. As per a report by Selection, earlier than getting into the world of leisure, he educated to be a health care provider.

Xavier was greatest identified for his tv present En Familia con Chabelo, which ran for a complete of 47 years from the 12 months 1967 to 2015. He was the host of Mexico’s longest-running TV present. For the kids’s TV present, he dressed up as a child sporting suspenders with a singular voice which was typically imitated by his followers.

In keeping with the IMDb web page of the Mexican celebrity, his first appearing credit score got here within the comedy Viaje a la luna the place he shared the display screen with Kitty de Hoyos, Sergio Corona, and Alfonso Arau.

All through his celebrated profession, López appeared in additional than 30 movies and starred in lots of TV reveals. Through the years, he dressed up in youngsters’s clothes and entertained his followers everywhere in the world. Within the 12 months 2016, he received a particular blimp on the Children Selection Awards México for his profession in tv, movie, and theater.

Xavier López starred in lots of motion pictures and TV reveals

Throughout his illustrious profession, Xavier appeared in a number of motion pictures like Chistelandia (1958), El Further (1962), Escuela para solteras (1965), Los reyes del volante (1965), Los dos rivales (1966), and La princesa hippie (1969).

López’s tv credit included La carabina de Ambrosio (1978), La cuchufleta (1995),  La Güereja y algo más (1998), La familia P. Luche (2002) with Eugenio Derbez, La escuelita VIP (2004) and Los Simuladores (2009).

Along with this, he was additionally part of many telenovelas equivalent to Cuento de Navidad (1999), Carita de ángel (2000), Navidad sin fin (2001) and Amarte es mi pecado (2004).

All you’ll want to find out about Xavier López’s youth

Xavier was born to Mexican dad and mom in Chicago. His appearing profession took off when he met a few well-known actors, whose names have been “Panseco y Gamboa.” Panseco labored on TV, in the meantime, Gamboa labored on radio. The duo was very talked-about in Mexico they usually taught Xavier the fundamentals of the TV enterprise.

Quickly after, López was employed as his “Chabelo” character to be the spokesman of Pepsi Cola, for which he traveled throughout North and South Africa. After he collaborated with the model, he was unemployed for a while. Then, he was employed for a present in New York Metropolis. Across the identical time, he starred within the 1962 Cantinflas movie El Further. He performed the function of Panchito within the film.

Over the span of many many years, Xavier grew to become a family title. He was identified for his exceptional work as a comic and actor. It’s not simple to make folks snort, however Chabela managed to do it effortlessly.

Tributes pour in for the Mexican comic Xavier López

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the President of Mexico expressed his condolences on social media. He tweeted, “Hugs to household and pals for the loss of life of Xavier López ‘Chabelo.’ How can I overlook that my eldest son awoke early to see him over 40 years in the past.”

Common Mexican journalist Adela Micha penned, “The person who crammed us with laughter, the one who introduced households collectively in entrance of the tv to share pleasure. My expensive Chabelo, thanks for making so many generations keep in mind the kid that all of us carry inside.”

El hombre que nos llenó de risas, el que juntaba a las familias frente al televisor para compartir la alegría. Mi querido Chabelo, gracias por hacer que tantas generaciones recordaran al niño que todos llevamos dentro. pic.twitter.com/JhX3G8fUrw

— Adela Micha (@Adela_Micha) March 25, 2023

Mexican actor Héctor Suárez Hernández additionally mourned the lack of Xavier on Twitter by writing, “I’ll all the time keep in mind Chabelo for his generosity, his self-discipline, for his film with Pepito and the monsters, his scene in a film with Cantinflas, the sketches in La Carabina de Ambrosio and for having been my pal all my life… Relaxation in peace.”

José Ramón Fernández wrote, “Referent of Mexican tv. It marked an period and its historical past is within the hearts of many generations who loved it at residence each Sunday morning with its recreation present. Relaxation in Peace the good actor and comic, THE ETERNAL CHILD, Xavier López #Chabelo”