'El Risitas' Juan Joya dies in Seville at 65 years of age

This Wednesday, April 28, the popular television character Juan Joya Borja, known as 'El Risitas', died at the Virgen del Rocío University Hospital in Seville at 65 years of age. He had been admitted to this center this same noon, from the Hospital de la Caridad in Seville, which is the place where he lived, after suffering a relapse of the disease he suffered. In the middle of the afternoon his death was certified, according to ABC, citing sources close to him.'El Risitas' had resided in the Hospital de la Caridad in Seville since he was admitted in September of last year 2020. He had requested to enter this institution after having suffered the amputation of a leg as a result of illness. There he has spent his last days, this popular actor and comedian rose to fame about 20 years ago thanks to the presenter Jesús Quintero, who gave him a star and increasingly important role in his programs 'El Vagamundo' or 'Ratones coloraos' . There, 'El Risitas' had, with his particular style, his adventures along with the late 'El Peíto'. His particular way of laughing and his style of speaking, difficult to understand on many occasions, gave him national fame. Its tagline 'cuñaooo' became a fully integrated word in popular Spanish speech. Recently, his figure also achieved some notoriety in the United Kingdom, after a video of 'El Risitas' with humorous subtitles became popular there illustrating the Brexit process.