Manolo Martinez, 50, famous matador

MEXICO CITY Manolo Martinez, 50, the champion of Mexicanbullrings in the 1960s and 1970s, died Friday while awaiting a kidneytransplant, Mexican news media said. He was 50.

Mr. Martinez, one of the greatest Mexican matadors of all time,was known at the height of his career as "the Chief of the BraveFestival."

In the Plaza Mexico, the world's biggest bullring, Mr. Martinezwon 10 bull tails …