When he moved to the United States, Desi Arnaz turned to show business to support himself. In 1939, he starred on Broadway in the musical Too Many Girls. He went to Hollywood the next year to appear in the show's movie version at RKO, which starred Lucille Ball. Arnaz and Ball eloped on November 30, 1940.
An empty flight case apparently belonging to Clemente was the only personal item recovered from the plane. Clemente's teammate and close friend Manny Sanguillen was the only member of the Pirates not to attend Roberto's memorial service. The catcher chose instead to dive into the waters where Clemente's plane had crashed in an effort to find his teammate. Clemente's body was never recovered.
OLD LYME â State police identified the man whose body washed up on a local shore Monday as a 44-year-old New Britain resident reported missing last year. Juan Colon was reported missing to New Britain police on Nov. 23. His body was located along the shore in the area of Hackettâs Point in Old Lyme at around 3 p.m. Monday. He was positively identified by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. State police concluded that there was no criminal aspect to Colonâs death.