Octavio Ramos Pumarejo (October 12, 1932 â€" September 12, 2016),
known professionally as TavÃn Pumarejo, was a Puerto Rican jÃbaro
singer and comedian. While better known for his work as a comedy actor
on Puerto Rican television, Pumarejo released 16 albums of Puerto
Rican music, with some of them becoming major hits in the island.Ramos
Pumarejo was born on October 12, 1932, in RÃo Cañas, a barrio in
Caguas, Puerto Rico, located closer to the mountain area of Caguas
than from downtown San Juan. Having grown up in the mountains,
Pumarejo identified himself with the Puerto Rican country people
(known as jÃbaro) more than with the metropolitan people who are
always associated with San Juan.Ramos Pumarejo started to work on
Puerto Rican television when producer Paquito Cordero began producing
a noon variety show called El Show de las 12 on Telemundo Puerto Rico,
WKAQ-TV. To ensure that the public remembered him, he used his
relatively uncommon maternal last name as part of his stage name. Like
other popular Puerto Rican characters (José Miguel Agrelot's "Don
Cholito", and Machuchal), Pumarejo donned a "pava" (a Puerto Rican
peasant straw hat) for his television appearances. The pava became a
staple in Pumarejo's life, as he began using it in almost every
personal appearance and in interviews with newspapers and magazines.
Pumarejo also earned the nickname of "El HÃgado de Ganso" ("The
Goose's Liver", or more accurately, foie gras).Pumarejo was well known
for his self-deprecating sense of humor and physical comedy style,
which closely resembled that of a young Jerry Lewis. He was also a
stutterer, something to which he constantly made humorous references
in his live performances. For example, he claimed that a television
comedy sketch featuring himself, Adrián GarcÃa and Marcos
Betancourt, all stammerers, would be four hours long.
known professionally as TavÃn Pumarejo, was a Puerto Rican jÃbaro
singer and comedian. While better known for his work as a comedy actor
on Puerto Rican television, Pumarejo released 16 albums of Puerto
Rican music, with some of them becoming major hits in the island.Ramos
Pumarejo was born on October 12, 1932, in RÃo Cañas, a barrio in
Caguas, Puerto Rico, located closer to the mountain area of Caguas
than from downtown San Juan. Having grown up in the mountains,
Pumarejo identified himself with the Puerto Rican country people
(known as jÃbaro) more than with the metropolitan people who are
always associated with San Juan.Ramos Pumarejo started to work on
Puerto Rican television when producer Paquito Cordero began producing
a noon variety show called El Show de las 12 on Telemundo Puerto Rico,
WKAQ-TV. To ensure that the public remembered him, he used his
relatively uncommon maternal last name as part of his stage name. Like
other popular Puerto Rican characters (José Miguel Agrelot's "Don
Cholito", and Machuchal), Pumarejo donned a "pava" (a Puerto Rican
peasant straw hat) for his television appearances. The pava became a
staple in Pumarejo's life, as he began using it in almost every
personal appearance and in interviews with newspapers and magazines.
Pumarejo also earned the nickname of "El HÃgado de Ganso" ("The
Goose's Liver", or more accurately, foie gras).Pumarejo was well known
for his self-deprecating sense of humor and physical comedy style,
which closely resembled that of a young Jerry Lewis. He was also a
stutterer, something to which he constantly made humorous references
in his live performances. For example, he claimed that a television
comedy sketch featuring himself, Adrián GarcÃa and Marcos
Betancourt, all stammerers, would be four hours long.
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