FACTOID # 96: In the last Argentinian elections, 21% of the votes were declared invalid.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

SEARCH ALL

FACTS & STATISTICS    Advanced view

Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 

 

(* = Graphable)

 

 


Encyclopedia > Luis Miguel Gonzalez Lucas

Luis Miguel Gonzalez Lucas (1926-1995) was a famous bullfighter from Spain, better known as Luis Miguel Dominguin. His father was the legendary Luis Miguel Dominguin; he adopted his father's name to gain popularity.


Luis Miguel Gonzalez Lucas enjoyed wide popularity during the 1940s and 1950s, becoming a legend on his own as he conquered bulls all over Spain, Portugal, Colombia and other places. He debuted at the age of eleven, and he was active in the card where another legend, Manolete, lost his life.


Gonzalez Lucas was also a socialite who was friends with Pablo Picasso and had a romance with Ava Gardner. In 1954, he married actress Lucia Bose. In 1959, he and his brother-in-law, Antonio Ordonez, engaged in a bullfighting rivalry that was chronicled by Ernest Hemingway in his book, The Dangerous Summer. The rivalry consisted of finding out who could kill more bulls in one year. Ordonez won the rivalry.


Gonzalez Lucas had three children with Lucia Bose; one of them, Miguel Bose, (born in Panama City, Panama) is an international singer of great fame across Latin America, which prompted Gonzalez Lucas to remark once that Now I'm known as Miguel Bose's father.


He divorced Lucia Bose in 1968, and remarried in 1987, to Rosario Primo de Rivera. In 1971, at the age of 44, he returned to the bullring, and retired for good in 1973.


Gonzalez Lucas died of heart failure.


  Results from FactBites:
 
Luis Miguel Dominguin, RIP. (matador)(Obituary) (977 words)
Luis Miguel was born to the purple and at the age of 19 was recognized as a prodigy in the ring -- a fearless spirit who could do just about anything with cape or muleta, dominating his foes with a haughty insouciance that set the hearts of women on fire.
Luis Miguel was indefatigable, blasting the last of the 77 partridges that fell to his gun with the same ferocity as the first.
Luis Miguel shook his head, thrusting them all away, and limped to the ring's center where, at a distance, alone, planting his slippers in the sand, he cited the bull, determined to die, if that alone would satisfy his enemies.
  More results at FactBites »


 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.