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My Great Great Grandfather


My Great Great Grandfather Rafael Negrete was in this movie, he played a violinist standing up near the corner, he was good friends with Valentino. He died in 1925 in a car accident a year before Valentino passed away. I have heard that Valentino was a pallbearer at his funeral at Calvary Cemetery. Could someone please add him here is the information: Rafael Negrete, Born October 19, 1892 in Guanajuato, Mexico and died December 12, 1925 in Los Angeles in a car accident he starred in Blood And Sand in 1922 and The Shiek in 1921 as a violinist. He married Lupe in 1914 till his death in 1925 and had 3 kids.

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That is fascinating. Your Great great Grandfather will live forever; that is the great thing about film...when you appear in a movie, even for a second, you become immortal. and what a lucky man to have known a legend like Rudy Valentino!

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That must have been cool to see your elder in a classic silent flick. It is sad he died so young.

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