spanish millennial generation We have recorded several multimedia memories related to Christmas. Examples include Nougat ads with songs (such as “Welcome Home for Christmas”), the Famosa doll, which is currently undergoing pre-bankruptcy proceedings, and the El Gordo Lottery, which starred Englishman Clive Arrindell for seven years with a film soundtrack by Maurice Jarre. doctor zhivago In the background, you can see the very Star Wars-esque motto “May luck be with you.” Although it was not reported in Spanish media, it was revealed over the weekend that the actor would die in the summer of 2024.
Born in 1950, Arrindell was famous for his lack of hair and was known as the “Lottery Bald Man”, but this was not a natural thing and was chosen as such because he was shaving his head at the time.
The actor tried to bring us good luck every Christmas between 1998 and 2005, filming a now-legendary ad in which he simply blew a handful of snow into the camera. Although he did not say a word, he exuded charisma and mystery, which is why he quickly made a place for himself in the hearts of every Spanish family.
However, he explained that it was precisely his immense popularity that in 2006, Loterías y Apuestas del Estado no longer relied on him and completely changed its format, so that viewers no longer associated this draw only with the famous bald man. guardian.
Arrindell has not remained unemployed and has been working as an actor in plays, TV movies, and series since 1976, as stated on his page on the IMDb website. The most famous of these was the crownin the first season of 2016, he played a newspaper owner in a single episode. I could see him there with his hair.
Moreover, he returned to Spain in 2013 to take part in the “War on Hunger” campaign, doing the same with Pescanova six years later. He was bald in both cases, but he sported a mustache in the 2019 ad.
After that, nothing was heard about him in our country until last weekend. Miguel Ángel Zapata, executive director of the Lottery Administration Division 2 of San Pedro del Pinatar, commonly known as El Peloro, revealed that Arrindell passed away in the summer of 2024.
This lottery reveals it in his special 7-stage “Lucky Route”, in which he, together with philosophers, actors, athletes and communicators, has reflected on chance, its causes and its meaning. Zapata confirmed the news through an actor friend.
His idea is to bring the second phase of The Lucky Route to London theaters, where Arrindell usually voices Shakespeare’s characters. This is a project to commemorate TV’s most beloved bald man with his colleagues.
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