Roberto Gomez Bolanos is one of the greatest comedians of all time thanks to his characters like “El Chavo del 8″ and “El Chapulín Colorado”. Although the Mexican humorist left an artistic legacy and his work marked several generations, the truth is that he was on the verge of not having known this world.
Though Chespirito ceased to exist at age 85, on November 28, 2014, his legacy lives on. His millions of fans in Latin America and other parts of the world remember him and his programs continue to entertain children and adults.
Among the many anecdotes that revolve around Roberto Gomez Bolanos there is one that has caught the attention of the public. The remembered humorist was on the verge of not having known this world, because his mother almost aborted him without knowing it on medical recommendation. What happened? Here the full story.
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THE MEDICATION THAT PUT THE LIFE OF ROBERTO GÓMEZ BOLAÑOS AND HIS MOM AT RISK
In mid-1928, the actor’s mother, Mrs. Elsa Bolaños Cacho, did not know that she was pregnant and took a medication on medical advice that almost caused her to miscarry.
According to the blog of the official page of Chespirito, the medicine that Chespirito’s mother took contained quinine, a substance that is contraindicated during pregnancy, because it can cause congenital malformations and has been associated with fetal death.
It is for these reasons that Doña Elsa’s doctor told her that she should have an abortion, since her health was in danger. She even warned him that she could die.
“In the middle of 1928, without knowing that she was pregnant, Mrs. Elsa Bolaños Cacho took a medicine that contained quinine. This substance is contraindicated during pregnancy, because it can cause congenital malformations and it has been associated with fetal death; For this reason, Doña Elsa’s doctor told her that she should undergo an abortion, since her health was in danger and she could even lose her life, ”reads Chespirito Web.
However, Mrs. Elsa refused this intervention and gave birth on February 21, 1929, to her second son: Roberto Gómez Bolaños.
From the moment he learned that story and until the end of his days, Chespirito proudly thanked his mother for the gesture, with whom he always maintained a very close relationship, full of affection and respect.
The good relationship between Chespirito and his mother
Although Roberto’s mother witnessed several achievements of her son as a writer, she died before the Mexican humorist created the most iconic character of his prolific career: El Chavo.
When Chespirito was 6 years old, his father, Don Francisco Gómez Linares, died; so, from that moment on, his mother took care of him and his two brothers: Francisco Gómez Bolaños and Horacio Gómez Bolaños.