José Ortega Cano

Who is José Ortega Cano?

José María Ortega Cano is a Spanish bullfighter. He was married to Spanish singer Rocío Jurado. They adopted two Colombian children, one boy and one girl.

He started with his bullfighting career in 1973 in Madrid. In 1986 he was very successful in many bullrings. He married in 1995 the famous singer Rocío Jurado. He retired in 1998, but he put again the traje de luces in 2001, although with less success. In 2004 he retired again to take care of his wife Rocío Jurado, who had pancreatic cancer. Rocío died in 2006 and Ortega Cano did one more work in 2007 in Olivenza.

He participated on a weekly TV program called Mira quién baila, where he showed no talent for dancing.

On May 29, 2011 he was involved in a car accident in which another driver died and was in critical condition, until July 11, 2011 when he left the hospital after a slow recovery. On April 24, 2013 the court number 6 of Sevilla sentenced Ortega Cano to two years, six months and one day in prison for reckless homicide and reckless driving that caused the death of Carlos Parra in the mentioned accident. Ortega Cano's lawyer, Enrique Trebolle Lafuente, will appeal the ruling.