Luis Miguel Dominguín
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Statue of Luis Miguel Dominguín off Las Ventas
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| Born |
Luis Miguel González Lucas November 9, 1926 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | May 8, 1996 (aged 69) San Roque, Spain |
| Nationality | Spain |
| Occupation | Matador |
| Spouse(s) |
Lucia Bosè (1955–1967; divorced) Rosario Primo de Rivera (1987–1996; his death) |
| Children |
Miguel (b. 1956) Lucia (b. 1957) Paola (b. 1960) |
Luis Miguel González Lucas (November 9, 1926 – May 8, 1996) was a famous bullfighter from Spain, better known as Luis Miguel Dominguín. His father was the legendary Domingo Dominguín; he adopted his father's name to gain popularity.
Dominguín made his first public appearance in the ring at the age of eleven and enjoyed wide 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 1954, he married actress Lucia Bosé, who gave birth to his son Miguel Bosé, a Grammy-award 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), Testament of Orpheus (1960), and The Picasso Summer (1969). In 1959, he and his brother-in-law, Antonio Ordóñez, engaged in a bullfighting rivalry that was chronicled by Ernest Hemingway in his book, The Dangerous Summer. Ordóñez won. In 1964 he was a mystery guest on the US TV show What's My Line?.
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 sport's 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 bull-fighter."
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