Germán Valdés

    Germán Valdés

    September 20, 1915 (109 years old) in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

    Better known as Tin Tan, was an actor,singer and comedian who was born in Mexico City but was raised and began his career in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. He often displayed the pachuco dress and employed pachuco slang in many of his movies, some with his brothers Manuel "El Loco" Valdésand Ramón Valdés. He made the language of the Mexican American pachucos famous in Mexico. A "caló" based in Spanglish, it was a mixture of Spanish and English in speech based on that of Mexican immigrants.

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    Tanto AmorTanto Amor
    Drenaje ProfundoDrenaje Profundo
    Un día para vivirUn día para vivir
    The King of the NeighborhoodThe King of the Neighborhood
    The Mark of the SkunkThe Mark of the Skunk

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