| Show i LYN CONNELLY TU DAD BAD BREAKS were tea rest i Bible sible for tor Deal fleet Areas Areas' success aj as Ricky Ricardo In the CBS TV series erle I Z Love Lucy in which he stars co with wife Lucille Ball Dall First came a revolution in his no na five tive Cuba in 1933 1033 which destroyed the family fortune and brought hint hIM to the US U.S. looking for tor work something some some- thing alien to him up to that moment World War Var II It was Oll responsible re- re for a broken kneecap knee that kept Deal out of 01 basic training but made him use his talents to entertain Q O. I I. I patients In hospitals Ills His success with such audiences audi Dudl Convinced him that his Ws p par par- r. r path to fame was to have his own orchestra Desiderio Alberto Arnaz Arnez y r de Acha the Third was born In Santiago Santiago Santi ago Cuba on March 2 1917 His HI father was WIlS the mayor of the town and his grandfather was one of Cubas Cuba's heroes who fought alongside along aloni side Ide Teddy Roosevelt Three ranches ranche a palatial home In the city cUr a private island in Santiago Day Bay a cruiser racing stable speed peed boats boat and motor cars were all aU at his hI disposal until August 12 1011 1939 brought the revolution and the end of If this ails gilded existence Fleeing Fleeing- to Florida Del Deal worked at a succession of or lobs John driving tracks and taxis taxI checking trains doing dolor bookkeeping and even cleaning clean clean- lag ing bird cages care show bu business finally caught up with him when begot he be herot got rot a Job lob playing a s a pillar eallar at Miami's Miami fashionable Rone Honey Roney I Pl Plaza lau i Hotel where he was wal spotted polled by Xavier Cugat who hired him to appear appear ap apo pear as a. vocalist with his hi band Desis Desi's next step tep was in the Broadway production Too Many Girls and from there he went to Hollywood to make the film version of the musical During the making makIni of the picture he met Lucille Lu Lu- eWe cille DaD Ball and by the time the movie I ended he married her her Now In I their Joint I Love Lucy they have discovered not only a perfect romantic combination but a successful sue suc and workable business partnership as well I I |
