Silverio Pérez (bullfighter), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Mexican bullfighter
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About Silverio Pérez (bullfighter)
- Silverio Pérez (20 June 1915 — 2 September 2006) was a Mexican matador whose nickname was "The Pharaoh." Pérez began his career in 1931, after his brother, Carmelo Pérez, had been killed by a bull during a bullfight in Spain. Silverio Pérez developed an enticing, slow style in the ring that attracted fans in both Mexico and Spain.
- One of his most legendary bullfights occurred in Mexico City in 1943, when Pérez killed the bull Tanquito in what was considered the matador's supreme performance.
- The crowd's cheer of "Olé!" reverberated for blocks around the ring. Pérez retired from the ring in 1953.
- In the 1960s, a song titled Silverio was written in his honor by Mexican singer Agustín Lara. A statue of Pérez waving his cape at a bull stands on one of Mexico City's avenues. Pérez died at his ranch in Pentecostes, east of Mexico City, of pneumonia.
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