Joaquín Bernadó y Bartoméu (16 August 1935 – 21 February 2022) was a Spanish

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. At the age of 15, Bernadó abandoned his business studies and began bullfighting. He participated in his first on 28 May 1950 in

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. He began his first season in Vista Alegre on 25 April 1954, in which he took part in 41 novilladas with limited success. His first '' alternativa'' took place on 4 March 1956 in

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with his godfather

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and witness

Julio Aparicio Martínez Julio Aparicio Martínez (; born 13 February 1932) is a retired Spanish bullfighter and a cattleman. Biography Aparicio was born on 13 February 1932 in the city of Madrid. His father, Julián Aparicio Nieto, was a ''novillero'' (novice bullfig ...

. He took part in 32 bullfights in his first year as an ''alternativa''. Bernadó died in

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on 21 February 2022, at the age of 86.

References

1935 births 2022 deaths Spanish bullfighters Sportspeople from Santa Coloma de Gramenet {{Spain-bullfighting-bio-stub