| 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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