| LC control no. | n 86868711 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Arnaz, Desi, 1917-1986 |
| Variant(s) | Arnaz y de Acha, Desiderio Alberto, 1917-1986 De Acha, Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y, 1917-1986 Acha, Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de, 1917-1986 Arnaz, Desi, 1917- Arnaz, Desiderio Alberto, III, 1917-1986 |
| Birth date | 1917-03-02 |
| Death date | 1986-12-02 |
| Place of birth | Santiago de Cuba (Cuba) |
| Place of death | Del Mar (Calif.) |
| Profession or occupation | Actors Singers Entertainers Band directors Television producers and directors |
| Special note | Former husband of: Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989 (n 80043347) Father of: Arnaz, Lucie, 1951- (n 80143872) Father of: Arnaz, Desi, Jr., 1953- (no 99018233) Father-in-law of: Luckinbill, Laurence (n 82007901) |
| Found in | His A book, 1976: t.p. (Desi Arnaz) Bronaugh, R.B. The celebrity birthday book, c1981 (Arnaz, Desi; b. Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha, 3/2/1917; actor, singer, producer) Washington Post, 12/3/86 (Desi Arnaz, 69, Cuban-born entertainer, died 12/2/1986; b. in Santiago, Cuba; emigrated to USA in 1933) LC database, 12/3/86 (hdg.: Arnaz, Desi, 1917- ) Grove music online, February 5, 2019 (Arnaz (y de Acha III), Desi [Desiderio Alberto]; born March 2, 1917, Santiago de Cuba, died December 2, 1986, San Diego, California; American entertainer, bandleader, and television producer of Cuban birth) Encyclopedia Britannica website, July 2, 2024: (Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III; Desi Arnaz; born March 2, 1917 in Santiago, Cuba; died December 2, 1986 in Del Mar, California, U.S.; Cuban-born American musician, actor, and business executive who was best known for the classic television series I Love Lucy (1951-57) in which he starred with his real-life wife, Lucille Ball (married in 1940); as the show's co-creator and producer, Arnaz introduced a number of innovations that revolutionized television and laid the groundwork for the modern sitcom; his father served as mayor of Santiago, and his maternal grandfather helped found the Bacardi rum company; following political unrest in 1933, the family was forced to flee to Miami; there they initially lived in an abandoned warehouse, and family members, including Arnaz, worked a series of menial jobs; during this time he also pursued his passion for music, and within a few years he began playing drums and guitar in a Latin orchestra; married to Lucille Ball and they had two children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr. (born 1953); married Edith Mack Hirsh in 1963) <https://www.britannica.com/biography/Desi-Arnaz> National World War II Museum website, July 2, 2024: (Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III; Desiderio Arnaz; Desi Arnaz; born 1917 in Santiago, Cuba; married to Lucille Ball) <https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/desiderio-or-desi-whats-name-and-why-it-matters-research> Hollywood Walk of Fame website, July 3, 2024: (Desi Arnaz; born as Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III in Santiago de Cuba; father was Desiderio Alberto Arnaz; mother was Dolores de Acha; his father was Santiago's youngest mayor and also served in the Cuban House of Representatives; his mother's father was Alberto de Acha, one of the three founders of Bacardi Rum; married Lucille Ball on November 30, 1940) United Press International website, July 3, 2024: author's obituary posted on December 2, 1986 (Desi Arnaz; born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha which was later shortened to Desiderio Arnaz III on March 2, 1917 in Santiago, Cuba; died December 2, 1986 in Del Mar, California; the son of the mayor and Dolores de Acha, whose father was one of the founders of the Bacardi Rum Co.; married to Lucille Ball) <https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/12/02/Desi-Arnaz-Ricky-Ricardo-TV-mogul-dies-at-home/8893533883600/> |
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