Bust of Manolete in front of the Bullfighting Museum at Plaza Maimonides. .It was made in 1948 by Alice Wiedembrueg, although it was installed here in 2007.Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez (4 July 1917 – 29 August 1947), known as Manolete, was a Spanish bullfighter. Of all the bullfighters who have died in bullfights, Manolete is the most famous. He was killed in the Plaza de Toros de Linares on August 28th 1947. He is almost invariably described as the best bullfighter of the 1940s and among the greatest of all time.