Paquirri


Francisco Rivera Pérez, known as Paquirri, was a Spanish bullfighter.

Death

Paquirri was gored by a bull named "Avispado" during a bullfight in Pozoblanco, and died while he was being transported to Córdoba Hospital.iHis deata legislative change that forced the bullrings to be equipped with intensive care units.

Family

He was first married to Carmen Ordóñez, with whom he had two sons, Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez and Francisco Rivera Ordóñez. Both these sons are matadors and form part of the Ordóñez family bullfighting dynasty. After divorcing Ordóñez, he married the famous Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja, with whom he had a son named Francisco José Rivera Pantoja.