Every Sunday morning for nearly five decades, millions of Mexican families gathered around their televisions to watch Chabelo. The squeaky-voiced, short-wearing child character was played by Mexican ...

Xavier López, the beloved Mexican children’s entertainer known by his stage name, “Chabelo,” has died, Mexico’s president said. He was 88. Andrés Manuel López Obrador tweeted that his eldest son “woke ...

This longevity inspired a massive internet fandom celebrating Chabelo's seeming immortality. Although the television programme finished in 2015, memes about the character - inserting him into Mexican ...