Chicuelo II
Chicuelo II at Valencia while still a novillero | |
| Personal information | |
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| Nickname | Chicuelo II |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | 16 June 1929 Iniesta, Spain |
| Died | 21 January 1960 (aged 30) Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| Resting place | Cementerio de Albacete 39°00′38.2″N 1°50′57.1″W / 39.010611°N 1.849194°W |
| Monument | Sculpture outside Albacete bullring |
| Home town | Albacete |
| Occupation | Bullfighter |
| Years active | 1945–1960 |
| Agent | Enrique Callejas (until 1956) Andrés Gago (by 1959) (apoderados) |
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| Relative(s) | Ángel Jiménez Díaz (brother) Ricardo Jiménez Díaz (brother) José Jiménez Díaz (brother) Esperanza Jiménez Díaz (sister) Ricardo Sevilla Jiménez "Chicuelo de Albacete" (nephew) |
Manuel Jiménez Díaz (Spanish: [manˈwel xiˈmeneθ ˈðiaθ]; 16 June 1929 – 21 January 1960), known professionally as Chicuelo II (Spanish: [tʃiˈkwelo seˈɣundo]) was a Spanish bullfighter. Jiménez's life was cut short at the age of 30 when he was among those killed on Avianca Flight 671 on 21 January 1960 at Montego Bay. Despite any similarity in names – especially the professional name – Jiménez had no kinship with earlier bullfighters who bore the nickname "Chicuelo", such as Manuel Jiménez Vera or Manuel Jiménez Moreno. However, the later bullfighter Ricardo Sevilla Jiménez "Chicuelo de Albacete" (born 1963) is his nephew.