Word: iturbi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jose Iturbi's Falstaffian zest does not begin or end with music. He has logged 1,400 hours as a pilot, over 20 years as a topflight pianist, thousands of miles as a motorcyclist, and hundreds of rounds as an amateur boxer...
While he practices at his piano, Valencia-born Iturbi often dictates letters to his secretary or talks to his two grandchildren. He speaks to his grandchildren in Spanish, to his butler in Italian, to his close friend Director Jean Negulesco in French, to others in a somewhat mangled English...
...latest protégé-playmate is little, dark-haired Don Perone, former New England featherweight champ, who has lived in Iturbi's Beverly Hills mansion for six months. Iturbi employs him as coffee-pourer and sparring partner, and rewards him with singing lessons. Although Perone was wounded at Salerno by a bayonet that pierced his stomach, Amateur Boxer Iturbi has persuaded Perone to return to the ring. Perone will make the great sacrifice next month against a local fighter selected by Iturbi. He would much rather sing...
...Radio Theater (Mon. 9 p.m., CBS). Margaret O'Brien, Jose Iturbi, Jimmy Durante co-star in Music for Millions...
Died. Maria Iturbi Hero, 28, daughter of famed Spanish pianist Jose Iturbi, divorced wife of Violinist Stephen Hero, onetime boy prodigy; by her own hand (gunshot); in Beverly Hills, Calif...