Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y Alberni II (8 March 1894, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba – 31 May 1973, in Miami, Florida, USA) was a Cuban politician and the father of Desi Arnaz.Desiderio Arnaz II was the youngest mayor of Santiago de Cuba (1923–1932). He was elected to the Cuban House of Representatives in November 1932 for the Oriente Province. When Gerardo Machado was overthrown as president in August 1933, Rep. Arnaz was arrested and jailed. Six months later, he was allowed to go into exile. He graduated from the Southern College of Pharmacy (merged and known now as Mercer University, School of College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences) in 1913 in Atlanta, Georgia.Rep. Arnaz was the son of Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha I (1857–1929), a doctor (and grandson of Manuel Arnaz, a mayor of Santiago de Cuba in 1869) and Rosa Aberni y Portuondo (1870-?), the great-granddaughter of a mayor of Santiago de Cuba, Jose Joaquin Portuondo y Rizo, 1st Conde de Santa Ines (1762–1824). He married Dolores “Lolita” de Acha y de Socias (2 Apr 1896 - 24 Oct 1988) in 1916 and had one son, Desi Arnaz. He later had a daughter, Connie Arnaz (10 Jun 1932), with Anne M. Wilson (12 Jun 1902 – 7 Jun 1994), whom he married in 1941.He died in 1973 in Miami and is entombed above President Machado at Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery and Mausoleum.. }
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- Desiderio_Alberto_Arnaz_II abstract "Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y Alberni II (8 March 1894, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba – 31 May 1973, in Miami, Florida, USA) was a Cuban politician and the father of Desi Arnaz.Desiderio Arnaz II was the youngest mayor of Santiago de Cuba (1923–1932). He was elected to the Cuban House of Representatives in November 1932 for the Oriente Province. When Gerardo Machado was overthrown as president in August 1933, Rep. Arnaz was arrested and jailed. Six months later, he was allowed to go into exile. He graduated from the Southern College of Pharmacy (merged and known now as Mercer University, School of College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences) in 1913 in Atlanta, Georgia.Rep. Arnaz was the son of Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha I (1857–1929), a doctor (and grandson of Manuel Arnaz, a mayor of Santiago de Cuba in 1869) and Rosa Aberni y Portuondo (1870-?), the great-granddaughter of a mayor of Santiago de Cuba, Jose Joaquin Portuondo y Rizo, 1st Conde de Santa Ines (1762–1824). He married Dolores “Lolita” de Acha y de Socias (2 Apr 1896 - 24 Oct 1988) in 1916 and had one son, Desi Arnaz. He later had a daughter, Connie Arnaz (10 Jun 1932), with Anne M. Wilson (12 Jun 1902 – 7 Jun 1994), whom he married in 1941.He died in 1973 in Miami and is entombed above President Machado at Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery and Mausoleum.".