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	Desi Arnaz - Celebrities at Weblo.com
		Desi Arnaz was born to a wealthy family in Santiago de Cuba.
		Arnaz was patriotic; in his memoirs, the first object of thanks is the United States itself: "I know of no other country in the world", he wrote, in which "a sixteen-year-old kid, broke and unable to speak the language" could reach the success he had.
		Arnaz, a lifelong smoker, was diagnosed with lung cancer in early 1986.
	www.weblo.com /celebrity/Actor/Desi_Arnaz/488298 (1753 words)

	Arnaz Desi
		CBS was interested in creat-ing a television version of the show, but when Ball insist-ed that Desi play her husband, the network felt that viewers would not be attracted to a show not easily related to their own lives.
		Desi and cinematographer Karl Freund, a veteran of pre-World War II German expressionist cinema working in Hollywood, devised a plan for staging the show as a play, performing each act before an audi-ence, and simultaneous-ly filming with three or four cameras stationed in different loca-tions.
		Desi Arnaz died in 1986 and Lucille Ball in 1989.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/A/htmlA/arnazdesi/arnazdesi.htm (918 words)

	Desi Arnaz bio
		Desi Arnaz (born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha, III) (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban-American musician, actor, comedian and television producer.
		Arnaz was also a successful recording artist, beginning in 1937, and had a hit with the Santeria-flavored "Babalu" (1946), his signature song, which was recorded at RCA Victor.
		Desi Arnaz has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for contributions to motion pictures, and for television.
	www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /biographies/arnazbio.htm (1184 words)

	The Biography Channel - Desi Arnaz Biography
		Desi Arnaz, whose full name was Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, was the son a wealthy Cuban landowner.
		His family lost everything in the revolution of 1934 and Arnaz fled with his father to Miami, his mother joining them when there was enough money to pay her fare.
		Arnaz dislocated his knee playing baseball and was sent to work in a hospital not far from Ball and the marriage was saved for a while.
	www.thebiographychannel.co.uk /biography_home/777:0/Desi_Arnaz.htm (489 words)

	Desi Arnaz \| biography \| Ricky Ricardo \| I Love Lucy \| clown ministry \| Lucille Ball
		Desi Arnaz was born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha, III on March 2, 1917 in Santiago de Cuba, to a wealthy family.
		Desi Arnaz is surprisingly honest, and refreshingly harsh on himself in his autobiography about his serial infidelities, which brought his marriage to the breaking point.
		Desi Arnaz invented many techniques that are now taken from granted in sitcoms, including the use of several cameras to film the performance, preceding performances with a warm up man, performing before a live audience, and the re-running of old episodes.
	www.clown-ministry.com /index_1.php?/site/articles/desi_arnaz_biography (1898 words)

	CBS
		Desi Arnaz was born on March 2, 1917 in Santiago de Cuba, the son of the mayor of Santiago and his wife, Dolores Acha, one of the most prominent and beautiful women in Latin America, whose father was one of the three original founders of the Bacardi Rum Company.
		Desi said they would stay in California, shoot the show in front of a live audience and put it on film, to be sent to New York.
		Everyone at CBS was shocked--but Desi knew that Lucille worked best before a live audience, so he developed the idea for the three camera technique so the show could be shot on film in front of the audience.
	www.cbs.com /specials/i_love_lucy/ric_bio.shtml (389 words)

	Solid! -- Desi Arnaz
		Born into a wealthy family, Desi Arnaz fled his homeland during a 1933 revolution and settled in Miami, where he cleaned bird cages and worked a variety of odd jobs to help support his family.
		Arnaz also served as orchestra leader on Bob Hope's radio show from 1946 to 1947.
		Arnaz is credited with many small screen innovations, including the use of three cameras when filming before a live studio audience.
	www.parabrisas.com /d_arnazd.php (584 words)

	Desi Arnaz Summary
		Desi's mother, the former Dolores de Acha, was the daughter of one of the founders of the Bacardi rum company.
		Desi Arnaz (born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha, III) (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban-American musician, actor, comedian and television producer.
		Arnaz was adamantly patriotic--in his memoirs, the first object of thanks was the United States itself: "I know of no other country in the world," he said, in which "a sixteen-year old kid, broke and unable to speak the language," could reach the astonishing heights of success that he had.
	www.bookrags.com /Desi_Arnaz (3937 words)

	Desi Arnaz
		Desi Arnaz, real name Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 - November 2, 1986) was an American musician, actor, comedian and television producer[?], both stage and real-life husband of Lucille Ball.
		Arnaz had a hit with the voodoo-flavored "Babalu".
		After his service in World War II, Arnaz founded his own orchestra, which was successful in live appearances and recordings.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/de/Desi_Arnaz.html (243 words)

	Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collecton - Performing Arts Encyclopedia (Library of Congress)
		The Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection chronicles the lives and careers of two of the most influential figures in the history of American entertainment.
		The collection consists chiefly of a set of eighty-five scrapbooks which preserve the record of the lives and careers of Ball and Arnaz as they were recorded by the contemporary press.
		There are also five scrapbooks assembled by Desi Arnaz’s father, which record the details of the Arnaz family in pre-revolutionary Cuba, and a number of scrapbooks assembled by fans of Lucille Ball and sent to her in her later years.
	www.loc.gov /performingarts/encyclopedia/collections/ballarnaz.html (269 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Desi Arnaz
		Desi Arnaz, real name Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 - November 2, 1986) was an American musician, actor, comedian and television producer[?], both stage and real-life husband of Lucille Ball.
		Arnaz had a hit with the voodoo-flavored "Babalu".
		After his service in World War II, Arnaz founded his own orchestra, which was successful in live appearances and recordings.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/de/Desi_Arnaz (268 words)

	TUILLP - Biographies: Desi Arnaz
		Desi Arnaz, Desidero Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, was born in Santiago, Cuba, on Friday, March 2, 1917.
		Desi was born into a very wealthy family, his father was the mayer of Santiago, and as a teen had everything you could imagine, including: three houses, horses, boats, cars and even more!
		Unfortunetly, Desi was drafted to the Army in 1943.
	www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/Set/2665/desi.html (371 words)

	I Love Lucy : Dezi Arnaz \| Ricky Ricardo : tvland.com
		Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, the future husband of Lucille Ball and executive of Desilu Productions, was born in 1917 to a family of wealthy Cuban landowners.
		The marriage was subject to the conflicting requirements of Desi's bandleader career-which had him on the road most of the time-and to Lucy's movie career.
		Desi also wrote an autobiography, owned a successful horse breeding farm, was a professor at San Diego State University, and was appointed ambassador to Latin America under President Nixon.
	www.tvland.com /shows/lucy/actor2.jhtml (334 words)

	Desi Arnaz - TV.com
		Desi Arnaz Born into a wealthy family, Desi Arnaz lives a privileged childhood in Cuba.
		For a long time during the marriage of Desi and Lucille Ball, they hid the fact that they were six years apart in age.
		They hid this by Lucille saying she was born in 1914 when she was actually born in 1911, and Desi saying he was born in 1914 when he was actually born in 1917.
	www.tv.com /desi-arnaz/person/10039/summary.html (432 words)

	Desi Arnaz Height - Arnaz's
		Desi had about 3.5 inches on Lucille Ball, you can check it out here at 8:07 here Click Here where they are walking on the beach with their children.
		Desi probably wore lifts because in heels, his 5'-7 1/2" wife, Lucille Ball, who stood next to him on screen for the world to see on a regular basis, stood almost exactly the same height.
		I think that's what Desi Arnaz claimed his height to be, and that's what his lovely, talented and dutiful daughter, Lucie Arnaz (a very tall gal in her own right, thanks no doubt to her mother's genes), presented as his height.
	www.celebheights.com /s/Desi-Arnaz-3630.html (2432 words)

	Desi Arnaz relationships
		Desi Arnaz responds very much to the emotional tone and atmosphere around him, and can be dominated by his fluctuating and unpredictable moods.
		Desi Arnaz takes slights and rebuffs very personally and though he may forgive a transgression by a friend or loved one, he never forgets it.
		Desi is attracted to foreigners, exotic places, traveling, and to people who can expand his horizons, teach him something, or show Arnaz places and worlds he has never experienced before.
	famous-relationships.topsynergy.com /Desi_Arnaz (1253 words)

	Desi arnaz and Diosa costello at The Harem
		Desi arnaz and Diosa costello at The Harem
		Desi closed the show but Diosa was more in demand at the time of this review.
		Desi Arnaz, in a stunning blue suit, navy blue tie and Costello cartoonwhite shirt, is a fascinating caballero.
	www.bigbandsandbignames.com /arnaz.html (623 words)

	Desi Arnaz Bio - Desi Arnaz Biography - Desi Arnaz Stories
		Desi Arnaz' first job in America includes cleaning bird cages, but eventually he is discovered by famous bandleader Xavier Cugat.
		In 1950, Lucy and Desi are committed to saving their marriage and starting a family.
		It is under Desi Arnaz' guidance that television production moves to Hollywood from New York, and situation comedies are filmed live before an audience.
	www.tv.com /desi-arnaz/person/10039/biography.html (734 words)

	Classic TV Shows - I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley
		None of which takes away from Desi Arnaz's estimable talents as a producer.
		Desi's filiming of Lucy is the reason there are great copies today.
		William Frawley died in 1966 of a heart attack, Vivian Vance in 1979 of breast and bone cancer, Desi Arnaz in 1986 of lung cancer, and Lucille Ball in 1989 of an acute rupture of the abdominal aorta.
	www.fiftiesweb.com /lucy.htm (375 words)

	Desi Arnaz (Ricky Ricardo) Biography \| Youns.com
		Desidario Alberto Arnaz ye de Acha the Third was born in Santiago, Cuba on March 2, 1917.
		Desi was cast in the Broadway play "Too Many Girls, " which as well brought Desi to Hollywood to make the film version of the play.
		Desi later wrote an autobiography entitled "A Book." In 1986, Desi was diagnosed with lung cancer, and died on December 2, 1986.
	www.youns.com /lucy/desiarnaz.asp (226 words)

	Desi Arnaz Relationships plus Desi Arnaz and You
		Desi Arnaz responds very much to the emotional tone and atmosphere around him, and can be dominated by his fluctuating and unpredictable moods.
		Desi Arnaz takes slights and rebuffs very personally and though he may forgive a transgression by a friend or loved one, he never forgets it.
		Desi Arnaz is impressionable and rather gentle, or at least that is the way he appears.
	www.topsynergy.com /famous/Desi_Arnaz.asp (749 words)

	Ricci, Desi & Billy - About the band.
		Ricci, Desi and Billy is their newly formed musical group featuring original material as well as the songs of 60's musical teen sensation Dino, Desi and Billy (Desi and Billy's former group).
		Desi and Billy performed a song which Desi had written called "My Old friend" in honor of their friend and partner Dean Paul Martin (Dino) who died in a plane crash while flying for the California National Guard in 1987.
		Desi is the son of the most famous TV icons in the world - Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (I Love Lucy).
	www.desiarnazjr.com /pages/band.html (949 words)

	obits.com, The Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for Desi Arnaz
		Arnaz was one of the few members of the original Broadway cast picked up for the film, and found his first day at the film studios even more nerve wracking when he was introduced to the project's leading lady, a disheveled bottle-blonde sporting a fl eye.
		Arnaz was an enthusiastic defender of the rights and freedoms he had found in his new homeland and enlisted in the US Army Air Force, serving 2 years of active duty, commencing in 1943.
		Arnaz renewed his career- and his life- with the support of his children, guesting on an edition of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" with his son, Desi Arnaz Jr., who grew to be an actor and musician.
	obits.com /arnezdesi.html (1535 words)

	DESI ARNAZ'S BIOGRAPHY BY MICHELLE
		In November of 1932 the Arnaz family was ecstatic over the election of Desi's father to the Cuban Congress in Havana, after 9 years as mayor of Santiago.
		Desi asked George Abbott, "Who the hell was that?" He answered, "That's the girl who is going to play the ingenue part." A few hours later a woman walked into the rehearsal room dressed in a pair of tight-fitting beige slacks and a yellow sweater.
		His son Desi, Jr., who finally had stabilized his own life, had gotten through to his father and both were now in programs to help put them in control of their lives.
	www.angelfire.com /tv2/ilovelucymf/DESISBIOGRAPHY.HTM (3746 words)

	I Love Desi - Desi Arnaz - I Love Lucy
		Desi Arnaz was a television innovator whose imagination and intelligence still affects the medium today.
		Born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha, III in Santiago de Cuba March 2, 1917, "Desi" would go on to implement groundbreaking ideas we all take for granted today.
		Desi changed the budgeting structure of programs, implemented the three camera shoot (TV originally used only one) and (for better or worse) is credited by many as the inventor of the rerun.
	www.loti.com /i_love_desi.htm (545 words)

	Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Desi Arnaz - Main Page
		Desi's family fled to Miami, Florida from Cuba with his parents due to political problems.
		Desi Arnaz is said to have invented the "La Conga Dance", however he is more probably to have introduced it to the United States rather than have invented it, but either way, he definitely made it very popular.
		Arnaz later would marry Lucille Ball and partner with her on the Television sitcom "I Love Lucy".
	www.streetswing.com /histmai2/d2arnez1.htm (167 words)

	Desi Arnaz Jr. (Craig Carter) Biography \| Youns.com
		Desi's face was seen on every movie magazine and tabloid paper, as his social exploits made unfortunate headlines.
		Desi's only other TV series, Automan (1983-84) was a quirky but well-done science fiction series that cast Desi against type as a nebbish scientist.
		Desi reached bottom, and sought help through twelve-step programs and the teachings of Vernon Howard, for whom he later became a spokesperson.
	www.youns.com /lucy/desiarnazjr.asp (590 words)

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