Rubirosa (TV series)
2018
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May 18, 2009 · By Gary Cohen. May 18, 2009. PORFIRIO RUBIROSA IS KILLED AS AUTO CRASHES IN PARIS, July 5, [1965]—Porfirio Rubirosa, former Dominican diplomat, international sportsman, and playboy, died in an...
Dec 16, 2023 · Discover how Rubirosa’s thrilling escapades and suave personality influenced the creation of the world’s most famous spy. We explore his remarkable journey from the streets of the Dominican ...
Aug 18, 2023 · 65. 1.8K views 7 months ago. Discover the incredible true story of Porfirio Rubirosa - the real-life diplomat, playboy, and daredevil who inspired Ian Fleming's fictional super spy James Bond....
- Early Life
- Diplomat
- Personal Life
- Polo and Car Racing
- Death
- References
Porfirio Rubirosa Ariza was born in 1909 in San Francisco de Macorís, the third and youngest child of an upper-middle-class Criollofamily. His parents were Pedro María Rubirosa and Ana Ariza Almánzar. The eldest child was named Ana and the elder son was named César. His paternal grandparents were, Pedro Rovirosa, a Catalan immigrant, and María de l...
In 1931, Rubirosa met Rafael Trujillo at a country club. Trujillo asked to see him the next morning, and made him a lieutenant of his Presidential Guard.Their relationship lasted throughout their lives, went up and down, mostly close, but not without episodes of danger for Rubirosa, and defined his professional career when he became a diplomat of t...
Rubirosa was linked romantically to Dolores del Río, Eartha Kitt, Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner, Maria Montez, Rita Hayworth, Dorothy Dandridge, Lupe Vélez, Soraya Esfandiary, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Joan Crawford, Veronica Lake, Kim Novak, Judy Garland, Eva Perón and Amália Rodrigues. He dallied with his ex-wife Flor de Oro Trujillo Ledesma during his ...
After World War II, Rubirosa became engaged in two major passions, polo and car racing, both expensive sports that would be supported in years to come by his wives. He organized and led his own polo team Cibao-La Pampa that was an often successful contender for the Coupe de France. Rubirosa played polo until the end of his life. In the same period,...
Rubirosa died in the early morning of July 5, 1965, at the age of 56, when he crashed his silver Ferrari 250 GT cabriolet into a horse chestnut tree in the Bois de Boulogne after an all-night celebration at the Paris nightclub "Jimmy's" in honor of winning the polo Coupe de France.He is buried in Cimetière de Marnes la Coquette, in Paris.
Works cited
1. Levy, Shawn Anthony (2005), The Last Playboy: The High Life of Porfirio Rubirosa, New York City, New York: Fourth Estate, ISBN 978-0-00-717059-3
General references
1. Sanchez, Pablo (1978), Porfirio Rubirosa: El Primer Playboy del Mundo(in Spanish), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Biblioteca Taller 2. Gabor, Zsa Zsa (1993). One Lifetime is Not Enough. Charnwood. ISBN 978-0-7089-8694-3. 3. Frank, Gerold (1960), Zsa Zsa Gabor: My Story, Cleveland, Ohio: The World Publishing Company 4. Collado, Lipe (2005), La Impresionante Vida de un Seductor: Porfirio Rubirosa, Gazcue, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Collado, S.A., ISBN 99934-29-20-1 5. Wal...
Eclectic Dadaist singer and performer Porfirio Rubirosa explores the concept of representativeness of democracy in the digital age. An ironic and irreverent talk, full of paradoxes and twists but underlying a sharp reflection on the issue of citizen participation in today's democracy.
Rubirosa (2018), Claro Video. 28. He Was Immortalized. With his rugged good looks and standing at 5 ft 9”, Rubirosa had an absolutely scandalous bedroom reputation. According to lore, he bedded “thousands of women” in the 50s and 60s. His conquests were made into a satire by Italian singer Fred Buscaglione in the song Porfirio Villarosa.
Sep 29, 2019 · Porfirio Rubirosa: Un Tigre de Tigres: A documentary about the incredible real-life story of Porfirio Rubirosa, the most notorious playboy who ever lived.
