We used to attend bullfights when we lived in Spain. This was in no way an affirmation of the sanctity of the bullfight which, for all practical purposes, involves the torture and killing of innocent animals. It was, rather, a way to try to understand Spanish culture.
One bullfighter at the time was called Paquirri. He eventually met his doom when he was gored by a bull in 1984. Guess what? His son, Francisco Rivera Ordonez, also a bullfighter, was recently gored by bull. Fran, as he’s called, is a handsome fellow who was interviewed a few years ago by Sixty Minutes. He was married to the daughter of the Duchess of Alba, by the way.
Anyway, Fran just a few days ago met the same fate as his father. He got gored by a bull. Now, thankfully, this young man is still alive. His present wife is about to give birth, and wouldn’t it be awful if he died and the child grew up without a father? Well, this happened to another of Paquirri’s sons who was just a baby when his father was killed by a bull. At the time Paquirri was married to Isabel Pantoja.
Don’t you think it’s time to leave the bulls alone? I do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idAuXGO-PUI
Aventuras in Spain 