- MEXICO CITY: The beloved Mexican comic known as "Capulina" died Friday at age 85, after a six-decade career as Mexico's equivalent of funny fat man Oliver Hardy.
The spokesman for Mexico's National Actors Association said comic actor Gaspar Henaine Perez died at a Mexico City hospital. The cause of death hasn't been released. Henaine Perez had suffered pneumonia and ulcers. Capulina acted in nearly 100 films, often appearing as a bumbling but good-natured sidekick wearing an old hat with no crown.
He later appeared in children's TV series and movies. Actors Association spokesman Gustavo de Anda said a memorial service was being held Friday night. Born on Jan. 6, 1926, Henaine Perez is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.