Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega
Rodríguez | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Cagancho |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | 17 February 1903 Seville, Spain |
| Died | 1 January 1984 (aged 80) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Monument(s) | Tile in Seville Street in Tarancón |
| Occupation | Bullfighter |
| Years active | 1923–1964 |
| Agent | Domingo Dominguín (apoderado) |
| Spouse | Salud (?) Sánchez |
| Children | Joaquín Rodríguez Sánchez Amparo Rodríguez Sánchez |
| Parents |
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| Relative(s) | Manuel Rodríguez García "Cagancho" (grandfather) Francisco Vega de los Reyes (cousin) Rafael Vega de los Reyes (cousin) |
| Other interests | film acting |
Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega (Spanish: [xoaˈkin roðˈɾiɣeθ oɾˈteɣa]; 17 February 1903 – 1 January 1984), professionally known as Cagancho (Spanish: [kaˈɣantʃo]), was a Spanish bullfighter much of whose career was spent in Mexico, although he did sometimes perform in his native Spain, and one of his performances there, in Almagro, Ciudad Real in 1927 even gave rise to a now well known expression in the Spanish language. Rodríguez also found himself appraised in English when he and his craft were described by Ernest Hemingway in his non-fiction work Death in the Afternoon, along with many other Spanish bullfighters of the early 20th century.