Miguel Báez Espuny
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Miguel Báez Espuny (5 October 1930 – 18 May 2022) was a Spanish bullfighter known as El Litri.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
Born in Gandía, Spain, Báez was descended from one of the most important bullfighting dynasties in Huelva. In 1960 he narrated and starred in the film Litri and His Shadow (Spanish: El Litri y su sombra). His father Miguel Báez and stepbrother Manuel Báez were also bullfighters known as "El Litri", as is his son Miguel Báez Espínola.
He served on the Spanish jury of the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 and was awarded the Medal of Andalusia in 2007.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Fallece Miguel Báez Espuny 'Litri'". 18 May 2022.
- ^ Fernando Martínez Hernández: Litri, una tarde de 1950 Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Distinciones de Hijo Predilecto y Medallas de Andalucía 2007 Archived 23 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine, andaluciajunta.es (official site of the Andalusian Autonomous Government), 13 February 2007
External links[edit]
- Miguel Báez Espuny at Terra.es (in Spanish)
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