Carmelo Torres
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Carmelo Torres Fregoso (1927-2003) was a Mexican matador, world traveler, industrialist, journalist, author and TV producer. He was born in La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico on July 16, 1927 and lived in Venezuela from 1952. He took the alternative in Barranquilla, Colombia, in 1949 fighting for last time in Nezahualcóyotl City, Mexico, in 1986, and was considered in his day to have the world's longest career as a matador (a probable world record with 37 years of uninterrupted activity). He died in Caracas, Venezuela from complications caused by Parkinson's disease, caused by an old cerebral wound due to a fight, on January 29, 2003.
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[edit] Industrialist
- Founder of "Lucy Venetian Blinds" (1952-1982).
- Manager for Levolor-Lorentzen in South America (1969-1982). He introduces the concept of miniblinds in the South American market with the "Magic Wand"
[edit] Representative of Bullfighters and Stockbreeders of Lídia
From 1960 to 1982, he managed and represented many figures of the world of bullfighting including Luis Miguel Dominguín, Manolo Martínez, Eloy Cavazos, Palomo Linares, Cesar Girón, Ortega Cano, Pepe Cáceres, Ernesto San Román and represented Mexican stockbreeders in Venezuela; Los Martínez, Javier Garfias, San Martin and The Glory. For this work he was known as "The Bullfighting Diplomat".
[edit] Intellectual Work
Torres founded in 1979 with his son Cat Fletcher, Video Bullfighting System, the first business specializing in recording bullfights in Venezuela. They were the official cameramen of the most important figures in bullfighting of that time. Their business changed its name to International Television Studies (México-Miami-Atlanta-Caracas) in 1982 to reflect its diversification into other fields of broadcasting.
- Bullfighting correspondent of Venezuelan Television (1979-1980)
- Bullfighting Correspondent of Channel 13 XHDF of Mexico (1979-1982)
- Co-Producing along with Felo Gimenez of bullfighting programs for Sports Venevisión (1981),
- Executive Producer "Sport in Mexico City and its Function in the Social Development of the Population" (UNESCO Prize (1982).
- Contributor to the program "Bulls and Bullfighters" XEIPN-TV, Once-TV channel 11 Mexico (1982-1985).
- Executive producer "The Bulls in the World" (2002).
- Bullfighting columnist for the newspaper " El Universal" (1970-1973) where he wrote with the nickname of Cartof (CARmelo TOrres Fregoso),
- Correspondent for "El Redondel" of Mexico (1969-1982)
- Correspondent for "Digame" of Spain (1962-1971)
- Co-Writer of the book (With the Dr. Pepe Cabello) of the book Illusions Ring (1974).
- Author of the book Boldness (1991).
