In 1939, he starred on Broadway n the musical Too Many Girls. When Desi emigrated to the United States, he soon turned to show business to support himself. In the summer of 1934 he attended Saint Leo Prep (near Tampa ) to help improve his English. The family then fled to Miami, Florida, where Desi attended St. He was released after six months when his brother-in-law Alberto de Acha intervened on his behalf. According to Arnaz himself, in his autobiography A Book (1976), the family owned three ranches, a palatial home, and a vacation mansion on a private island in Cuban Revolution, led by Fulgencio Batista, which overthrew President Gerardo Machado, Alberto Arnaz was jailed and all of his property was confiscated. ![]() ![]() His maternal grandfather was Alberto de Acha, an executive at Bacardi Rum. Born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III in Santiago de Cuba to Desiderio Alberto Arnaz II (March 8, 1894 – May 31, 1973) and his wife Dolores de Acha (April 2, 1896 – October 24, 1988), Desi's father was Santiago's youngest mayor and also served in the Cuban House of Representatives.
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