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was less than 3 km away), when he found his true calling, and the "bullfighting games" that he played at home, before the mirror, with whatever cloth or rag he could find, may well have set him on the path to what he would soon become. Romero himself believes that if not for the treatment he got
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By his own words, one of Romero's best faenas (series of passes before the bullfighter slays the bull) was one performed on 20 April 1967 at the
Maestranza with a Benítez Cubero bull. After two "fantastic" faenas, the people there lifted him onto their shoulders and bore him out through the Prince's
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Romero's bullfighting was "an inspiration to the best critics", according to the bullfighting critic
Antonio Díaz Cañabate. He further praised Romero's style by saying "Curro Romero woke up and his awakening was so bright that the dusk seemed like a dawn. The dawn of pure bullfighting...", and also
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on 24 February 1963. Standing as "godfather" then was
Humberto Moro, while Joselito Huerta bore witness. Bulls, including Tablajero, the 446-kilogramme beast used in the confirmation, were supplied by the La Laguna ranch. Romero received "applause" for his performance with Tablajero, and "ovation"
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From his father, Romero learnt about bullfighting, although in the elder Romero's case, it was "armchair bullfighting", as young Curro's father never gathered the courage to put himself before a bull, preferring to enjoy the pursuit vicariously. Nevertheless, Romero chose the path of bullfighting.
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will always be remembered by aficionados because the spectators wanted Romero to do another walk round the bullfighting ground. This was made somewhat awkward by the next bull calf after his having been released into said bullfighting ground. So, he did his walk round the arena in the
704:. And it was not Curro Romero. The elf was the one that fought bulls." Whether he had wonderful or dreadful afternoons, though, his fans always backed him wholeheartedly. Díaz Cañabate once even went as far as to liken watching Romero's style of bullfighting to enjoying good
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On 3 March 2001, a jury made up of reporters and bullfighting fans included Romero in its list of the 20th century's ten most important bullfighters; he shares this list with the following practitioners of tauromachy: José Gómez "Joselito", Pepe Luis Vázquez, Juan
Belmonte,
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Romero was barely 12 years old when he gave up school where, by his own words, he was not learning anything from his "observation post in the back row". Necessity, of course, forced him to go out to work as a shepherd, watching over cows, sheep, and swine on
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As great as Romero's success at the
Maestranza was, it was arguably greater at Las Ventas. He was borne on shoulders out through the Great Gate there seven times during his bullfighting years (and likewise, on one occasion, he refused the honour):
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marked his entry into professional bullfighting. This came on 22 August 1954, in his very own hometown, Camas, at the bullring in the neighbourhood of La Pañoleta, alternating with José Martínez Limeño. Romero first fought bulls with horses in
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One of Romero's most outstanding appearances at
Seville was the second in this list, at which he cut eight ears from six bulls, becoming the bullfighter to have cut off the most bull's ears in one afternoon in the Maestranza's history.
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24 May 1973 — alternating with Manuel
Sebastián "Palomo Linares" and Curro Rivera, fighting bulls from the José Benítez Cubero (4) and Juan Marí Pérez Tabernero Montalvo (2) ranches (cut 2 ears but refused to be borne out on
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warehouse. Despite the drawbacks of living in this way, however, neither he nor his sisters (the elder one María; the younger one Buendía) ever went hungry. Romero himself recalls with fondness the dishes of stew and
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and bearing witness was Manolo Vázquez. The
Eusebia Galache ranch supplied the bull, named Lunito, weighing 496 kg. Romero got "silence" for this fight. Once again, something went awry to mar the occasion: the
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on 8 September 1954, with Juan Gálvez and
Francisco Corpas, with bull calves from the Ruperto de los Reyes ranch. On this occasion, Romero was substituting for Juan Antonio Romero. Romero's début at the
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In May 2024, when he was 90 years old, he had to be hospitalized and undergo surgery after a household accident broke his hip. He was, however, soon convalescing at home, with his wife's help.
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town of Camas into a very humble family. There, Romero lived at his uncle's house on the Calle de la Cruz, a narrow little laneway that was cold and damp. His father, who was a fancier of
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In a ruling in a labour dispute, the magistrate Don Santiago Romero, president of the Chamber of Social Matters of the Superior Tribunal of Justice of Andalusia, defined "Currism" (or
268:("The Pharaoh of Camas"), is a Spanish bullfighter. He began his professional career in his hometown's La Pañoleta neighbourhood on 22 August 1954, together with José Martínez Limeño.
424:(the row just behind the barrier, used by those directly involved in the bullfighting). He was also borne shoulder-high out through the Prince's Gate after cutting two ears at this
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was rained out and an end had to be put to the festivities during the afternoon's third bull (there are usually six bulls at a
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to warrant detention at the General Security Delegation — jail, that is to say. He apparently was not there long.
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2005, named a Favourite Son of the Province of Seville.
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28 May 1966 — alternating with Antonio Bienvenida in a
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1389:(in Spanish). El Correo de Andalucía. Archived from
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1018:(in Spanish). Noticiero Taurino. Archived from
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1711:"Curro Romero ya es académico de Bellas Artes"
1577:"Carmen Tello: "Curro ha estado 'pachuchillo""
1147:"CURRO ROMERO, HOMBRE, TORERO, MAESTRO Y MITO"
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