Cepillin's Net Worth and Biography

Cepillin's Biography

Ricardo González Gutiérrez popularly known as Cepillin arguably the most famous clown in Mexico was born on February 7, 1946 to the family of Rubén González Flores and Rebeca Gutiérrez de González in Monterry, Mexico. The name Cepillin means little (tooth) brush. He was a clown, singer actor and also a TV host.

He was a dentist who usually painted his face when he was working on Children's teeth so that they wont be afraid of him. He became famuus when he got interviewed by a local TV channel. He had an educational, comedy and interview show on Televista which hosted guests such as Lou Ferrigno and another show named Una Sonrisa con Cepillin. He also recorded children songs such as La feria de Cepillín (Cepillín's Fair), Tomás ("Thomas"), En el bosque de la China ("In China's forest") and La Gallina Cocoua. He recorded 27 long play albums of children songs, 11 of which went gold.[1] In all they sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.

He also helped younger artists to acquire fame such as singer Yuri, who took a role in his movie Milagro en el circo [es] ("Miracle in the circus"), and Salma Hayek, to whom he gave the opportunity in the masterpiece Aladdin as Jasmine. Cepillin was a smoker and was hospitalized with heart attacks on three occasions was admitted to a hospital in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, on February 28, 2021 because of intense back pain. He underwent a nine-hour surgery and seemed to be recovering, and received a visit from ″Rey Grupero″ (Luis Alberto Ordaz).

However, he had chest pains and was admitted to intensive care and put on a ventilator on March 7 but on March 8, 2021, Cepillín died at the age of 75 after battling spinal cancer. His son, Ricardo González Jr., said that he had a respiratory arrest from which the doctors managed to "get him out"; however, he reported that "he was already very deteriorated" and he had kidney failure.

Family

He was married to Aide Guajardo who bore him 2 children.