found: His A book, 1976:t.p. (Desi Arnaz)
found: Bronaugh, R.B. The celebrity birthday book, c1981(Arnaz, Desi; b. Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha, 3/2/1917; actor, singer, producer)
found: Washington Post, 12/3/86(Desi Arnaz, 69, Cuban-born entertainer, died 12/2/1986; b. in Santiago, Cuba; emigrated to USA in 1933)
found: LC database, 12/3/86(hdg.: Arnaz, Desi, 1917- )
found: Grove music online, February 5, 2019(Arnaz (y de Acha III), Desi [Desiderio Alberto]; born March 2, 1917, Santiago de Cuba, died December 2, 1986, San Diego, California; American entertainer, bandleader, and television producer of Cuban birth)
found: Encyclopedia Britannica website, July 2, 2024:(Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III; Desi Arnaz; born March 2, 1917 in Santiago, Cuba; died December 2, 1986 in Del Mar, California, U.S.; Cuban-born American musician, actor, and business executive who was best known for the classic television series I Love Lucy (1951-57) in which he starred with his real-life wife, Lucille Ball (married in 1940); as the show's co-creator and producer, Arnaz introduced a number of innovations that revolutionized television and laid the groundwork for the modern sitcom; his father served as mayor of Santiago, and his maternal grandfather helped found the Bacardi rum company; following political unrest in 1933, the family was forced to flee to Miami; there they initially lived in an abandoned warehouse, and family members, including Arnaz, worked a series of menial jobs; during this time he also pursued his passion for music, and within a few years he began playing drums and guitar in a Latin orchestra; married to Lucille Ball and they had two children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr. (born 1953); married Edith Mack Hirsh in 1963) - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Desi-Arnaz found: Hollywood Walk of Fame website, July 3, 2024:(Desi Arnaz; born as Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III in Santiago de Cuba; father was Desiderio Alberto Arnaz; mother was Dolores de Acha; his father was Santiago's youngest mayor and also served in the Cuban House of Representatives; his mother's father was Alberto de Acha, one of the three founders of Bacardi Rum; married Lucille Ball on November 30, 1940)
found: United Press International website, July 3, 2024:author's obituary posted on December 2, 1986 (Desi Arnaz; born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha which was later shortened to Desiderio Arnaz III on March 2, 1917 in Santiago, Cuba; died December 2, 1986 in Del Mar, California; the son of the mayor and Dolores de Acha, whose father was one of the founders of the Bacardi Rum Co.; married to Lucille Ball) - https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/12/02/Desi-Arnaz-Ricky-Ricardo-TV-mogul-dies-at-home/8893533883600/
