Manuel Capetillo

{{Short description|Mexican bullfighter and actor (1926–2009)}}

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Manuel Antonio Capetillo Villaseñor (15 April 1926 – 5 May 2009) was a Mexican film actor, bullfighter, singer, and songwriter from Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jalisco.

On 5 May 2009, Capetillo died of respiratory insufficiency, in Chacala, Nayarit.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/05/06/espectaculos/a10n1esp|title=La Jornada: Murió el torero y actor Manuel Capetillo en Guadalajara|last=C.V|first=DEMOS, Desarrollo de Medios, S. A. de|website=La Jornada|date=6 May 2009 |access-date=28 April 2017}} The wake was held in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and he was buried in the capital. The news media said that the cause of his death was intoxication and a problem with ulcers, but the actor's son said that it was respiratory insufficiency.{{Cite news|url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/431960.termina-faena-de-manuel-capetillo.html|title=Termina faena de Manuel Capetillo|last=TORREÓN|first=AGENCIAS, EL SIGLO DE|access-date=28 April 2017|language=es-MX}}