Desi Arnaz AKA Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha
Born: 2-Mar-1917 Birthplace: Santiago, Cuba Died: 2-Dec-1986 Location of death: Del Mar, CA Cause of death: Cancer - Lung Remains: Cremated (ashes scattered)
Gender: Male Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic Sexual orientation: Bisexual [1] Occupation: Actor, Musician Nationality: United States Executive summary: Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy Military service: US Army [1] Per Boze Hadleigh's interview with Cesar Romero, Hollywood Gays (1996).
Father: Desiderio II (Mayor of Santiago, Cuba) Mother: Dolores de Acha Wife: Lucille Ball (actress, m. 30-Nov-1940, div. 4-May-1960, one son, one daughter) Daughter: Lucie Arnaz (b. 17-Jul-1951) Son: Desi Arnaz, Jr. (actor, b. 19-Jan-1953) Wife: Edith Mack Hirsch (m. 2-Mar-1963, d. 1985) Slept with: Cesar Romero (per Romero's interview with Boze Hadleigh) Slept with: Richard Kollmar (husband of Dorothy Kilgallen, also per Romero's interview)
High School: Colegio de Dolores Teacher: San Diego State University
RKO Radio Pictures under contract
Endorsement of Philip Morris
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6220 Hollywood Blvd (television) Hollywood Walk of Fame 6327 Hollywood Blvd (motion pictures) Naturalized US Citizen Coma 1986 Cuban Ancestry
Risk Factors: Smoking, Alcoholism
TELEVISION I Love Lucy Ricky Ricardo (1951-57) The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Ricky Ricardo (1957-60) The Mothers-in-Law Raphael del Gado (1967-69)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR The Escape Artist (28-May-1982) · Mayor Quiñones Forever, Darling (9-Feb-1956) · Lorenzo Xavier Vega The Long, Long Trailer (18-Feb-1954) · Nicholas Carlos Collini Bataan (3-Jun-1943) · Felix Ramirez The Navy Comes Through (27-Oct-1942) Four Jacks and a Jill (23-Jan-1942) · Steve Father Takes a Wife (4-Sep-1941) · Carlos Too Many Girls (8-Oct-1940) · Manuelito
Author of books:
A Book (1976)
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