Cepillin is a popular clown artist, singer, and actor in Mexico. He is well-known for the songs like la gallina co-co-ua, en el bosque de la china,and la feria de cepillín.
Moreover, Cepillin was very young when he started his career as a clown artist. He was always interested to be an actor and entertaining others. There hasn’t been a day that he didn’t enjoy his work.
Cepillin is the person who feels happy by entertaining others. Being a clown and painting all his face and teeth to entertain children was his dream.
The Mexican clown was an active artist in the industry since 1971 and has earned a huge fan following. His real name is Recardo and was a dentist. Actually, he painted his teeth so that children wouldn’t get scared of him while he has to work on their teeth.
Cepillin’s Date of Birth and Age
Cepillin was born on February 7, 1946 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. He died on March 8, 2021, in the Naucalpan, state of Mexico. The clown artist dies at the age of 75 years old. We hold his memorable legacy in the industry even after his death.
Furthermore, the real name of Cepillin is Ricardo González Gutiérrez. He used to celebrate his birthday on the 7th of February every year. Talking about his birth sign, it’s Aquarius. Cepillin follows Christianity and belongs to Latin descent.
Being the real name Ricardo González Gutiérrez, he is widely known to people as Cepillin. The meaning of his name Cepillin is “Little Brush” in Spanish.
Cepillin’s Career
Cepillin was very young when he started his career as a clown artist. He was always interested to be an actor and entertaining others. There hasn’t been a day that he didn’t enjoy his work.
Cepillin is the person who feels happy by entertaining others. Being a clown and painting all his face and teeth to entertain children was his dream.
Likewise, he shifted his profession from a dentist to an actor to make sure that his child’s clients wouldn’t get afraid of him while doing their teeth work.
It was back in 1971 when he started his career in the entertainment industry and it has been more than 50 years. He was 25 years old when he started his new journey as an actor and artist.
He even made an appearance on the show El Show De Cepillin in 1977, it was an interview and a comedy show. Cepillin got really famous after this show.
This show was popular in Mexico, Chile, and Puerto Rico. The actor recorded 27 long play albums of children’s songs, out of which 11 went gold.
More than 25 million copies of the song were worldwide. The most popular songs of Cepillin were La feria de Cepillín (Cepillín’s Fair), Tomás (“Thomas”), En el bosque de la China (“In China’s forest”) and La Gallina Cocoua.
He even helped younger artists such as Yuri, and Salma Hayek acquires fame. He even made appearances in almost 3 movies and series. In 1987, he had another show in Una sonrisa con Cepillín on Channel 5 of Televisa.
Cepillin’s Wife and Children
Cepillin is obviously a married man but he never opened any information about his wife. His wife has never been a part of his professional journey.
Even after being famous and getting lots of fame, he never revealed any information about his personal life. The name and other information of his wife are hidden till now.
Fortunately, after a lot of research, we found out that he has a son whose name is Ricardo González Jr. There is no other information about his son. At the time of Cepillin’s death, there was no one, he lived a single life.
Moving on to his past relationship, he was in a love with his high school lover named María. But the relationship between these two didn’t last long and they got separated. Besides that, other information about his personal life is still not known.
Cepillin’s Net Worth
Being a clown artist and actor, he earned a lot throughout his career. He lived a luxurious life when he was alive. Cepillin had an estimated net worth of $25 million. When it comes to his monthly income, as a dentist in Mexico he earns more than 4 thousand dollars.
Cepillin’s Death
Cepillin died on March 8, 2021, at the age of 75 in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The main cause behind untimely death was because of Spinal Cancer.
He was a long-time smoker which trigger his health in a very bad way. He even suffered from heart attacks more than 3 times.
Cepillin’s Social Media Handles
Cepillin is not active on his social media handles like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. His videos are available on Youtube.