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Octavio Ramos Pumarejo

Octavio Ramos Pumarejo (alias Tavín Pumarejo) nacio en el barrio Rio Canas de Caguas el 12 de octubre de 1933. Fue vecino del cantor de la montana Flor Morales Ramos "Ramito" siendo este su inspiración para cantar la decima puertorriquena en sus variados generos.

Tavín, trabajo como Propagandista Médico para la Compania Rorer durante 40 anos combinando este empleo con su participación artistica dentro del conocido espacio televisivo del medio dia "El Show de las 12" que Producciones Paquito Cordero de la cadena Telemundo transmitio por 4 decadas (1965-2005). Tavin trabajo todo ese tiempo dedicando su talento como cantante y comediante de nacimiento a este espacio que marco la historia de la televisión en Puerto Rico.
De igual manera trabajo dos anos con José Miguel Class (el gallito de Manatí) en un programa que transmitiera Teleonce (WLII); y 3 anos co-animando una seccion de comedia en el programa "Dale que dale en domingo"; producido por Luis Vigoreaux, padre.

Dentro de su trayectoria musical, Tavín cuenta con 18 producciones discograficas entre las cuales sobresalen las que grabo con el Conjunto Quisqueya (La Finquita I y II) ; De parranda con Tavin y los pleneros del Quinto Olivo (producción musical de Gilberto Santa Rosa) y Homenaje a Luis Miranda (el pico de oro) que lo llevo a ser parte de un magno concierto en una de las primeras salas de Bellas Artes de Puerto Rico compartiendo tarima con artistas de la talla de Danny Rivera, Antonio Caban Vale (el topo), los jóvenes trovadores Eduardo Villanueva y Fernando Sanabria, Quique Doménech (cuatrista y productor del disco) y el recientemente fenecido Tony Croatto. Andres Jiménez (el jibaro) tambien formo parte del disco.

Fuera de Puerto Rico, Tavin tambien se ha destacado en otras ciudades como Chicago, Nueva York y otros estados de Norteamérica junto a artistas puertorriqueños muy reconocidos internacionalmente. Lucesita Benitez, El Gran Combo de PR y hasta Adalberto Rodríguez "Machuchal" son algunos de ellos.

Actualmente Tavín trabaja para el programa "Asi canta Puerto Rico" que transmite (WIPR) PBS de Puerto Rico y que es producido por Luis Vigoreaux, hijo; donde se resaltan los valores culturales y musicales de nuestra isla.
En su hogar, su esposa y El cuentan con una familia compuesta por 2 hijas y 2 hermosos nietos. Tavín vive en Guaynabo y dice que le gusta la yuca y la malanga "strike".

Tavin Pumarejo (From Wikipedia)

Tavin Pumarejo (born c. 1934) is a Puerto Rican singer and comedian. While better known for his work as a comedy actor on Puerto Rican television, Pumarejo has released 16 Puerto Rican music CD's, of which one actually became a major hit in Puerto Rico.

Pumarejo was born in the San Juan "Rio Canas" barrio, which is actually much closer to downtown Caguas than it is from downtown San Juan. Having grow up in the mountains that surround the valley of Caguas, Pumarejo identifies himself with the Puerto Rican country people more than with the metropolitan people that are always associated with San Juan.

Pumarejo started to work on Puerto Rican television when Paquito Cordero began his "Show de las 12" at Telemundo Puerto Rico, then popularly known as "Canal dos". Much like Jose Miguel Agrelot's "Don Cholito" character, and like Machuchal, Pumarejo donned a "pava" (a hat that is typical of Puerto Rican mountain workers) for each of his television appearances. The pava became a staple on Pumarejo's life, as he began using it in almost every personal appearances, and on interviews with newspapers and magazines such as El Nuevo Día, Vea, El Vocero, Teve Guía and others.

Pumarejo's nickname, "El Higado de Ganso" ("The Duck's Liver"), basically matches his dress style, as ducks are commonly seen in Puerto Rican farms, and animal liver is a common food among Puerto Rico's mountain residents.

Pumarejo is well known for his self deprecating sense of humor as well. Asked by Luisito Vigoreaux during a live interview on national television in 2003 about his latest musical production, he answered "it can be found at some large stores, as well as in kiosks alongside (Puerto Rico's) highway #2, where they will give it for free if (you) buy a plate of fried pork". Puerto Rico's highway #2 is an area filled with kiosks that sell fried pork and other, typical Puerto Rican foods, and it happens to be located very close to Pumarejo's native "Rio Canas" area, so the comedian has made hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of television jokes connecting him with that highway.

In 1985, Pumarejo scored a Christmas music charttopper, with his song "La Finquita" ("The Small Farm"). While many thought the song had sexual connotations, (comparing a farm with a woman's private area, because of the song's title), "La Finquita" was a number one hit in Puerto Rican radio for about eight consecutive weeks, and the CD was also one of that year's best selling Christmas CD's in Puerto Rico, along with Tony Croatto's CD, which contained the famous song, "Jesus".
Some Puerto Ricans actually suspected Pumarejo of being homosexual during the 1980s because of what people thought were manerisms that he used during his daily, "Show de las 12" television interventions (Pumarejo is not homosexual, he has been married for about 35 years).

"El Show de las 12" was last aired on March of 2005. Tavin doubled over as a drug salesman during his years at "El Show de las 12". His weekdays would begin with him visiting multiple doctor offices during the mornings to pitch new medical products at them, then heading to the television studios as midday approached, doing his television intervention, then head home, or, in the case that he was recording an album or CD, to the studio