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The Spanish comedian Juan Joya Borja alias "El Risitas" (the giggling), also known in Germany as "Papá Verdad", died at the age of 65 in a hospital in his hometown of Seville.
Corresponding media reports confirmed the Virgen del Rocío hospital on Thursday.
His close friend Francisco Beltrán told the German Press Agency: “He was already very pale, some tests were carried out and then he died of heart failure on Wednesday.
It wasn't Corona, he was already vaccinated. "
Joya was best known for his high-pitched, gasping laugh.
In his native Spain, Joya has appeared on television since 2000.
He gained international fame after an excerpt from a TV program with him was uploaded to the Internet.
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In the video, with constant choking fits of laughter, he tells how he once tied paella pans on the beach as an assistant cook so that they could be washed clean in the sea.
But at night the tide came and washed away all but one.
This video has been viewed millions of times.
In addition, in many countries, including Germany, the video was alienated for countless other topics by providing the original Spanish text with completely different subtitles.
Most of the time, the aim was to ridicule and criticize politicians, companies or associations.