Operation Lucero (Or how to make forty days seem like almost forty days to a child)

Paco Roca, winner of the National Comedian Award in 2007, recounts his memories of Franco’s death, which occurred 50 years ago today. For a then six-year-old child, his parents’ moments of confusion and even fear translated into a day without school, but also without his favorite television programs.

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This article is part of the special on the 50th anniversary of Franco’s death published by EL PAÍS