Luis Miguel Dominguín

Luis Miguel González Lucas 9 November 1926 8 May 1996 better known as Luis Miguel Dominguín was a bullfighter from Spain and son of noteworthy bullfighter Domingo Dominguín Dominguín adopted his fathers name to gain popularity Dominguín made his first public appearance in the ring at the age of eleven He became a matador in 1941 He enjoyed popularity during the 1940s and 1950s in Spain Portugal Colombia and other countries He was on the card in Linares Spain on 28 August 1947 when another legend his rival Manolete was fatally gored Dominguín was also a socialite having friends like Pablo Picasso and romances with the American actress Ava Gardner and the fashion model China Machado In 1955 he married actress Lucia Bosé who gave birth to his son Miguel Bosé a Grammyaward winning singer He also occasionally appeared in films predominantly playing himself in cameo roles in movies such as Around the World in 80 Days 1956 and Testament of Orpheus 1960 In 1959 he and his brotherinlaw Antonio Ordóñez engaged in a bullfighting rivalry that was chronicled in Ernest Hemingways posthumous book The Dangerous SummerOrdóñez won In 1971 at the age of 44 he returned to the bullring That year he retired again but returned to the ring in 1971 aged 45 when he attempted to fathom the sports continuing allure His comeback was at Las Palmas the Canary Islands when he wore the costume known as the suit of lights which had been designed for him by Picasso He killed two bulls and won one ear but was overshadowed by younger men although the actress Deborah Kerr who was in the crowd insisted He is still the greatest bullfighter In 1953 Luis Miguel Dominguín met Miroslava Sternova in Cuba Dominguín was half a year younger than she so they parted as friends only until they met again in 1954 this time in the United States She went on to work abroad in Spain to meet up with friends and Dominguín After her return to Mexico Sternova was found dead from an overdose In one hand she clutched three farewell notes in the other a photograph showing her with Dominguín and his mother Rumor has it that she took her own life over the marriage of Dominguín and Bosè By 1954 Dominguíns friendship with Ava Gardner was being widely reported He considered her the most beautiful woman he had ever seen but liked her more he said for her humor and understanding he confessed himself unsure what he looked for in women Men fall in love with a womans faults rather than her qualities he mused Ava had been previously associated with other bullfighters though still married at the time to Frank Sinatra The most spirited of them all was no doubt Luis Miguel Dominguín However the relationship was so passionate and stormy and the fights between him and the diva had people talking But also they had their tender moments It is said that on their first night of lovemaking he got out of bed and she asked Where are you going To go tell replied the bullfighter Years later he admitted to a friend he made up that anecdote Source Article Luis Miguel Dominguín from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30