José Ortega Cano, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

José Ortega Cano

Spanish bullfighter

Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1953

Place of Birth: Cartagena, Region of Murcia, Spain

Profession: bullfighter, matador, Fighting bull rancher

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About José Ortega Cano

  • José María Ortega Cano (born 27 December 1953) is a Spanish bullfighter.
  • He was married to Spanish singer Rocío Jurado.
  • They adopted two Colombian children, one boy and one girl.He began his bullfighting career in 1973 in Madrid, and had a notably successful year in 1986, where he was very successful in many bullrings.
  • In 1995 he married Rocío Jurado, a famous Spanish singer.
  • He retired from bullfighting in 1998, but donned the traje de luces bullfighter outfit again in 2001 to attempt a comeback, albeit with less success.
  • He entered retirement again in 2004 to take care of his wife, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, until her passing in 2006.
  • In 2007, Ortega Cano entered the bullring one final time in Olivenza. He was a contestant on the Spanish version of Dancing with the Stars (Mira quién baila), where he showed no talent for dancing. On 29 May 2011 he was involved in a car accident which left the other driver dead and himself in critical condition.
  • After a slow recovery, he left the hospital on 11 July 2011.
  • On 24 April 2013, First-instance criminal court No.
  • 6 of Seville sentenced Ortega Cano to two years, six months and one day in prison for reckless homicide and reckless driving, causing the death of Carlos Parra in the aforementioned accident.
  • He entered Zuera prison in Zaragoza on 23 April 2014.
  • After a year and a month in prison he was left out in regime of semi-liberty.On September 27, 2018 he married Ana María Aldón (his partner since 2012) by civil law in a notary office in Zaragoza.

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