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'''Gabriel Aragón''' - better knows as '''''Gaby''''' - ([[Madrid]], 1920 - Madrid, January 10th 1995) Spanish clown and saxophonist, member of the trio [[Gaby, Fofó y Miliki|Gaby, Fofó and Miliki]].<ref>{{cita web|url=http://seronoser.free.fr/payasos/origenes.htm|title=Los payasos de la tele. Orígenes|author=Antonio Tausiet|accessdate=10-03-2012}}</ref>
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== 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 from 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.

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

In 1972 all three brothers came back to [[Spain]] and in 1973 it was released their show on [[Televisión_Española]] ''[[El Gran Circo de TVE]]'', that stays on screen until 1983, garnering a huge success.

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 with six of his ten children the clown Group ''[[Los Gabytos]]'', and continued working between 1987 and 1993, less than one year before his death.

== 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]].

== 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.

== References ==
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* [http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1995/01/11/113.html Obituario en el ''Diario ABC'']

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