Paquito Cordero (October 16, 1932 â€" June 30, 2009), was a pioneer of
Puerto Rican television. He was also a comedian and television
producer.Cordero (birth name: Francisco Cordero Baez[note 1]) was born
to Francisco Cordero Paco and Berta Baez de Cordero in Santurce,
Puerto Rico. Cordero attended Santurce Central High School upon
finishing his primary and secondary education. He was a member of his
high school's drama club and participated in its plays, where he
discovered the art of comedy. Cordero was geatly influenced by his
aunt on his father's side, Mapy Cortés. Mapy Cortés had moved to
Mexico from Puerto Rico, where she became an actress. She married the
Puerto Rican-born Mexican actor Fernando Cortés, a childhood friend.
After Cordero graduated from high school, he enrolled and attended the
University of Puerto Rico and married his childhood sweetheart, a
hairdresser whom everyone knew as "Cuqui". With Cuqui he had three
children, two girls and one boy.Cordero auditioned for a role in a
comedy skit which was transmitted through Radio El Mundo and was
subsequently hired. He did this in his spare time. His aunt Mapy and
her husband Fernando returned to the island and presented an idea for
a comedy show to à ngel Ramos, owner of El Mundo Enterprises. On March
28, 1954, Puerto Rico received its first television transmission from
Angel Ramos' WKAQ-TV Telemundo Channel 2. Among the first comedy shows
to go on the air was "Mapy Y Papi" with Mapy and Fernando Cortés,
MarÃa Judith Franco and Paquito Cordero.During this period in his
life, he fell in love with one of the show's dancers, a young girl by
the name of Nora. He soon divorced his first wife and asked Nora to
marry him. She accepted and together they had a son, Santiago.
Puerto Rican television. He was also a comedian and television
producer.Cordero (birth name: Francisco Cordero Baez[note 1]) was born
to Francisco Cordero Paco and Berta Baez de Cordero in Santurce,
Puerto Rico. Cordero attended Santurce Central High School upon
finishing his primary and secondary education. He was a member of his
high school's drama club and participated in its plays, where he
discovered the art of comedy. Cordero was geatly influenced by his
aunt on his father's side, Mapy Cortés. Mapy Cortés had moved to
Mexico from Puerto Rico, where she became an actress. She married the
Puerto Rican-born Mexican actor Fernando Cortés, a childhood friend.
After Cordero graduated from high school, he enrolled and attended the
University of Puerto Rico and married his childhood sweetheart, a
hairdresser whom everyone knew as "Cuqui". With Cuqui he had three
children, two girls and one boy.Cordero auditioned for a role in a
comedy skit which was transmitted through Radio El Mundo and was
subsequently hired. He did this in his spare time. His aunt Mapy and
her husband Fernando returned to the island and presented an idea for
a comedy show to à ngel Ramos, owner of El Mundo Enterprises. On March
28, 1954, Puerto Rico received its first television transmission from
Angel Ramos' WKAQ-TV Telemundo Channel 2. Among the first comedy shows
to go on the air was "Mapy Y Papi" with Mapy and Fernando Cortés,
MarÃa Judith Franco and Paquito Cordero.During this period in his
life, he fell in love with one of the show's dancers, a young girl by
the name of Nora. He soon divorced his first wife and asked Nora to
marry him. She accepted and together they had a son, Santiago.
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