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Where was Desi Arnaz born?

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Santiago de Cuba, Cuba


Then, when was Desi Arnaz born?

March 2, 1917

Beside above, why is Desi Arnaz famous? Desi Arnaz (1917-1986) is best known for the popular 1950s television show I Love Lucy, a situation comedy that he helped create along with his wife Lucille Ball, to whom he was married from 1940 to 1960.

Hereof, where did Desi Arnaz live?

Miami Santiago de Cuba

Where did Desi Arnaz go to school?

St Patrick's School Saint Leo University Miami Senior High School

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When did Desi died?

December 2, 1986

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How Desi Arnaz die?

Lung cancer

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Is Little Ricky Lucy's real son?

No, Desi Arnaz, Jr., didn't play Little Ricky on 'I Love Lucy. ' Most of us know Little Ricky on I Love Lucy as Keith Thibodeaux, the child actor who played Lucy and Ricky's son for 23 episodes during the series' sixth and seventh seasons. They hired a pair of twins to switch off and portray their fictional son.

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Where is Desi Arnaz buried?

Desi Arnaz
Original Name Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III
Birth 2 Mar 1917 Santiago de Cuba, Municipio de Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Death 2 Dec 1986 (aged 69) Del Mar, San Diego County, California, USA
Burial Cremated, Ashes scattered
Memorial ID 37 · View Source

Nafissa Mooslechner

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Is Desi Arnaz Jr dead?

Del Mar, California, United States

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How old was Desi Arnaz when he died?

69 years (1917–1986)

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Who was Desi Arnaz married to?

Edith Mack Hirsch
m. 1963–1985
Lucille Ball
m. 1940–1960

Corsino Kuentz

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What race was Desi Arnaz?

His family fled persecution in Cuba.
Arnaz hailed from a Cuban family that possessed wealth and power—but it was a riches to rags story early on. His father was mayor of Santiago de Cuba and served in the Cuban House of Representatives.

Delfi Charlier

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How old is Desi Arnaz?

67 years (January 19, 1953)

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How did Lucy Ball die?

Aortic dissection

Yesid Andrushko

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Why did Lucy and Desi divorce?

Country Living reported friends of the actress claimed Ball had suffered several miscarriages before they conceived Lucie. They separated for a period of time in 1944 after Ball filed for divorce, allegedly because of Arnaz's womanizing and excess drinking.

Xuewei Hadzhiev

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Did Little Ricky really play the drums?

Little known fact: He's been playing the drums since he was three (something we bet came in handy while playing bandleader Ricky Ricardo's son). He's also been happily married for 42 years to former dancer, Kathy Denton, whom he met in 1976.

Andronico Adamovitch

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How much is Desi Arnaz Jr worth?

Desi Arnaz Jr Net Worth: Desi Arnaz, Jr. is an American actor and musician who has a net worth of $40 million Born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV in Los Angeles, California, in 1953, Desi Arnaz, Jr. is the son of legendary actors Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball.

Sif Wachauf

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What did Desi Arnaz invent?

4. He is credited with the modern sitcom format. Along with cinematographer Karl Freund, Arnaz is credited with pioneering the multiple-camera production technique. I Love Lucy was trailblazing in its use of three concurrently filming cameras, multiple sets and a live studio audience.

Esmael Also

Reviewer

Does Desilu studios still exist?

Desilu-Paramount TV's holdings are owned by ViacomCBS, the owner of the pre-1960s shows. Desilu Productions Inc. (Desilu Too, LLC) was reincorporated in Delaware in 1967 and still exists as a legal entity, mostly as a licensee for I Love Lucy-related merchandise.

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What kind of music did Desi Arnaz play?

Artist Biography by Richie Unterberger
It was Arnaz who may have done more to popularize the conga in the United States than any other figure, leading an orchestra that mixed Latin-Cuban music with big-band pop, and putting it over to the masses with his irresistibly good-natured, melodramatic vocals.

Lucky Bretaña

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What does Babalu mean?

"Babalú" is a Cuban popular afro song written by Margarita Lecuona, the cousin of composers Ernestina and Ernesto Lecuona. The song title is a reference to the Santería deity Babalú Ayé.

Ludivino Chirimar

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Was Lucy really pregnant on the show?

The episode, which aired on Dec. 8, 1952, made Lucy TV's first pregnant character, but the script didn't use the word “pregnant” once. When Ball learned in the spring of 1952 that she was pregnant, she and Arnaz assumed that “I Love Lucy” would be suspended or even canceled entirely.