1. 1917-1986 Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y De Acha III Desi Arnaz Lizbeth Flores Period: 4

2. Biography: DOB: March 2,1917 DOD: December 2,1986 • Desi’s father was the mayor of Santiago (his birth place). • The 1933 revolution led by Fulgencio Batista took Desi’s father to jail and the families wealth, property and power • was gone. • Then his family fled to Miami, Florida • Desi's first jobs in America was cleaning canary cages. • After forming his little own band, Xavier Cugat hired him • and Desi ended up forming his own Latin band.

3. Biography: • In 1940 Desi started both in stage and in the movie called “Too Many Girls” while casting he met Lucille Ball. • They soon married and approximately 10 years later they began the “I Love Lucy” shows. • They had 2 children called Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. • At the end of the “I Love Lucy”(1960)Desi and Lucille got divorced, then he married Edith Hirsch on1963. • Later Desi wrote an autobiography called “A Book”. • In 1986 he was diagnosed with lung cancer, and died on December 2,1986.

4. Personality type: • Desi Arnaz is a provider (ESFJ) • He is skilled in maintaining teamwork among his helpers. • He is extremely organized and enjoys creating order. • Is loyal, warm-hearted, cooperative, etc. • Enjoys helping others, mainly cares more about others. • He was funny and liked to party.

5. Occupations: • Desi Arnaz was a musician, singer, bandleader, actor, director, producer, writer, production manager, producer, etc. • Earned a musician's gig as a guitarist. • introduce the Conga Line to American audiences. • He casted in the Broadway show, Too Many Girls in 1939 • He started his own band in New York. • He also entertained the troops in WWll for 2 years. • Formed a new orchestra and recorded several hits, and served as orchestra leader on Bob Hopes radio show. • He casted 181 episodes of “I Love Lucy” • He played as “Ricky Ricardo” in I Love Lucy. • was best known for the popular 1950s television show I Love Lucy • Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls. -Desi Arnaz

6. Personality Results: Test #1: Test one showed that I was a Provider (ESFJ). A Provider is skilled in maintaining teamwork among their helpers. They are loyal, warm-hearted, cooperative, practical, down-to-earth, etc. Test # 2: I am a Musical and Intrapersonal learner. A musical learner learns best by listening to music and an intrapersonal learner learns best by working by themselves. Test # 3: My emotional IQ score was 112.

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9. Cites: • http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000789/ • http://www.allsands.com/entertainment/people/desiarnazbiogr_bvb_gn.htm • http://www.fanpix.net/gallery/desi-arnaz-pictures.htm • http://www.biography.com/articles/Desi-Arnaz-9542545