Chicuelo II

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

Manuel Jiménez Díaz
Chicuelo II at Valencia while still a novillero
Personal information
NicknameChicuelo II
NationalitySpanish
Born(1929-06-16)16 June 1929
Iniesta, Spain
Died21 January 1960(1960-01-21) (aged 30)
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Resting placeCementerio de Albacete
39°00′38.2″N 1°50′57.1″W / 39.010611°N 1.849194°W / 39.010611; -1.849194
MonumentSculpture outside Albacete bullring
Home townAlbacete
OccupationBullfighter
Years active1945–1960
AgentEnrique Callejas (until 1956)
Andrés Gago (by 1959)
(apoderados)[1]
Parent
  • Benedicta Díaz[2] (mother)
Relative(s)Ángel Jiménez Díaz (brother)
Ricardo Jiménez Díaz (brother)
José Jiménez Díaz (brother)[2]
Esperanza Jiménez Díaz (sister)[3]
Ricardo Sevilla Jiménez "Chicuelo de Albacete" (nephew)[4]

Manuel Jiménez Díaz (Spanish: [manˈwel xiˈmeneθ ˈðiaθ]; 16 June 1929 – 21 January 1960), known professionally as Chicuelo II (Spanish: [tʃiˈkwelo seˈɣundo]) was a Spanish bullfighter.[4][5][1] Jiménez's life was cut short at the age of 30 when he was among those killed on Avianca Flight 671 on 21 January 1960 at Montego Bay.[6] Despite any similarity in names – especially the professional name – Jiménez had no kinship with earlier bullfighters who bore the nickname "Chicuelo", such as Manuel Jiménez Vera or Manuel Jiménez Moreno. However, the later bullfighter Ricardo Sevilla Jiménez "Chicuelo de Albacete" (born 1963) is his nephew.[4][7]

  1. ^ a b "Un valiente que se hizo rico en el toreo" (in Spanish).
  2. ^ a b Mora, Paco (31 March 2020). "Chicuelo II, romance de valentía". aplausos.es (in Spanish). Aplausos. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  3. ^ Azofra, Pedro Mari (18 October 2023). "Desde La Rioja: Chicuelo III y un recuerdo para Albacete taurino". torosdelidia.es (in Spanish). Toros de Lidia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Jiménez Díaz, Manuel, o «Chicuelo II» (1929-1960)". mcnbiografias.com (in Spanish). Biografías MCN. 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Fallece en accidente de avión Manuel Jiménez Díaz "Chicuelo II"" (in Spanish).
  6. ^ Topper, Javier Franco (7 April 2015). "EL RELATO DEL ACCIDENTE DEL SUPER CONSTELLATION HK-177 DE AVIANCA". volavi.co (in Spanish). volavi. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference realacademia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).