Patrick Catholic High School in Miami Beach. The family then fled to Miami, where Desi attended St. He was released after six months when his brother-in-law Alberto de Acha intervened on his behalf. Following the Cuban Revolution of 1933, Alberto Arnaz was jailed and all of his property was confiscated. A descendant of the Cuban nobility, Arnaz was a great-great-great grandson of José Joaquín Portuondo y Rizo, 1st Conde de Santa Inés, who also served as mayor of Santiago de Cuba.Īrnaz describes the opulent family life of his early youth in his autobiography, A Book (1976)-the family owned three ranches, a palatial home, and a vacation mansion on a private island in Santiago Bay, Cuba. His maternal grandfather was Alberto de Acha, an executive at rum producer Bacardi & Co. His father was Santiago's youngest mayor and also served in the Cuban House of Representatives. He was also renowned for leading his Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra.Īrnaz was born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha, III, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, to Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Alberni II (Ma– May 31, 1973) and Dolores "Lolita" de Acha y de Socias (Ap– October 24, 1988). After I Love Lucy ended, Arnaz went on to produce several other television series, at first with Desilu Productions, and later independently, including The Ann Sothern Show and The Untouchables. Īrnaz and Lucille Ball co-founded and ran the television production company called Desilu Productions, originally to market I Love Lucy to television networks. Arnaz and Ball are generally credited as the innovators of the syndicated rerun, which they pioneered with the I Love Lucy series. He is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, in which he co-starred with his then-wife Lucille Ball.
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