Ricardo Bell (clown)
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Born
January 10, 1858
Richard Bell Guest
January 10, 1858
DiedMarch 12, 1911
Yearsactive1860–1911
Children13
Ricardo Bell | |
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.jpg) Promotional card of Bell, unknown date. | |
| Born | Richard Bell Guest January 10, 1858 |
| Died | March 12, 1911 |
| Years active | 1860–1911 |
| Children | 13 |
Ricardo Bell was the artistic name of Richard Bell Guest (London, January 10, 1858 – New York, March 12, 1911) an English clown and entrepreneur, famous in Mexico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1][2][3] After he became famous as the main actor of Circo Orrín, one of the famous circuses of Mexico City and by becoming the most successful clown in the country, Bell founded his own Gran Circo Ricardo Bell. The poet Juan de Dios Peza wrote in El Monitor Republicano newspaper about Bell that he "is more popular than pulque", in an epoch were the pulque was the preferred alcoholic beverage in Mexico.[4]
