Xavier Cugat

He starred in the 1942 production of "You Were Never Lovelier" with Rita Hayworth Fred Astaire and Adolphe Menjou. His first marriage was to Rita Montaner (1918–1920); his second was to Carmen Castillo (1929–1944); his third to Lorraine Allen (1947–52); his fourth to singer Abbe Lane (1952–64); and his fifth to Spanish guitarist and comic actress Charo (1966–78). Havana.

A trained violinist and arranger he was a personality in the spread of Latin music in United States popular music. He was also a cartoonist. The personal papers of Xavier Cugat are preserved in the Biblioteca de Catalunya.