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| birth_name = Gabriel Aragón Bermúdez
| birth_date = 3 July 1920
| birth_place = [[Madrid]], [[Spain]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1995|01|10|1920|07|03}}
| death_place = Madrid, Spain
| occupation = Clown, singer
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'''Gabriel Aragón Bermúdez''', better known as '''''Gaby''''' (July 3, 1920 in [[Madrid]] – January 10, 1995 in Madrid) was a Spanish clown and saxophonist, member of the trio [[Gaby, Fofó y Miliki|Gaby, Fofó and Miliki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://seronoser.free.fr/payasos/origenes.htm|title=Los payasos de la tele. Orígenes|author=Antonio Tausiet|language=es|accessdate=October 3, 2012}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Son of the clown [[Emilio Aragón Emig]], he belonged to a family with a long tradition in the world of circus. He was nephew of the clown duo ''[[Pompoff and Thedy]]''. He and his brother [[Fofó|Alfonso]] '''''Fofó''''', soon joined both their third brother, [[Emilio Aragón "Miliki"|Emilio]] '''''Miliki''''', who had begun his artistic career as a teenager during the [[Spanish Civil War]], acting in places like the London Bar in [[Barcelona]] or in the Café Victoria in Madrid.{{citation needed}}

In 1946 he emigrated to [[United States|America]] with his brothers, and there had success on TV shows, first in [[Cuba]] and from 1970 in [[Argentina]]. They also lived in Puerto Rico for some years.{{citation needed}}

In 1972 all three brothers came back to [[Spain]] and in 1973 released their show on [[Televisión Española]] ''[[El Gran Circo de TVE]]'', that stayed on screen until 1983, garnering huge success.{{citation needed}}

When the TV show was cancelled, [[Miliki]] left the group and Gabriel Aragón continued acting with his nephews [[Fofito]] and [[Rody Aragón|Rody]] until 1985. Later he formed the clown group ''[[Los Gabytos]]'' with six of his ten children, and continued working between 1987 and 1993, less than one year before his death.<ref name="ABC 2020">{{cite web | author=ABC | website=abc | title=Al reino de los Aragón se la ha caido otra estrella|date=2020-01-02 | url=https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-madrid-19950111-113.html | language=es | access-date=2020-12-26}}</ref>

== Character ==

In the clown trio, Gaby played the role of the lead [[clown]], in front of his brothers [[Fofó]] and [[Miliki]], ([[Augusto (clown)|Augusto]] and [[Contraugusto]] respectively). He was always dressed with a black coat, and played the [[saxophone]].{{citation needed}}

== Awards ==

Gabriel Aragón received, with his brothers, the Award [[TP de Oro]] in 1974 for ''The most popular character'' on TV and in 1995, years after his death, the Award TP de Oro for his artistic career.{{citation needed}}

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[[Category:Spanish clowns]]
[[Category:Spanish television presenters]]
[[Category:Spanish saxophonists]]
[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:1995 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Spanish musicians]]
[[Category:20th-century saxophonists]]

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