Enrico Caruso only three to survive infancy. There is a story of Caruso's parents having had 21 children, 18 of whom died in infancy. However, on the basis of genealogical research (amongst others conducted by Caruso family friend Guido D'Onofrio), biographers Pierre Key, Francis Robinson, and Enrico Caruso Jr. and Andrew Farkas, have proven this to be an urban legend. Caruso himself and his brother Giovanni may have been the source of the exaggerated number. Caruso's widow Dorothy also included the story in a memoir that she wrote about her husband. She quotes the tenor, speaking of his mother, Anna Caruso ("née"
Pino Caruso Pino Caruso Giuseppe Caruso (born 12 October 1934), best known as Pino Caruso, is an Italian actor, author and TV-personality. Caruso was born in Palermo, Sicily and debuted as dramatic stage actor in his home town in 1957. In 1965 he moved to Rome and entered the theater company "Il Bagaglino". He gained a great popularity taking part to several RAI variety shows such as "Che domenica amici" (1968), "Gli amici della domenica" (1970), "Teatro 10" (1971),"Dove sta Zazà" (1973), "Mazzabubù" (1975), "Due come noi" (1979). Caruso was the president of the Italian Actors Union from 1979 to 1989. From