Mexican TV Icon Chabelo Dies at 88, Leaving Fans in Mourning.
Mexican actor and businessman Xavier López Rodriguez, who played the character of Chabelo on the children's game show En Familia con Chabelo for 45 years, has died at the age of 88. The show, which aired live every Sunday morning, made the Guinness Book of Records for its unprecedented broadcast run and inspired a massive internet fandom celebrating Chabelo's seeming immortality. Although the programme finished in 2015, memes about the character continued for years, inserting him into Mexican historical events and even suggesting he had lived through the Big Bang.