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About the event
Not to be confused with Valentine�??s Day, the day of love that is celebrated in February, Valentino Day commemorates the life of Rudolph Valentino �?? 1920�??s star of a variety of well known films such as The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, and Son of the Sheik.
It�??s hard to imagine, but the one everyone mostly refers to as just �??Valentino�?� has a much larger name: Rudolfo Alfonzo Raffaelo Piero Filibert Guglielmi De Valentina D�??Antonguolla. Wow! It�??s no wonder he had to shorten his name, just so it would fit on the film credits page.
Bearing the nickname �??The Latin Lover�?�, Rudolph Valentino came from Italy and moved to the United States as he was turning 18 years old. Getting his start in entertainment in New York, he eventually made it big in Hollywood as a sex symbol of his day. His exceptional looks helped him to make it in the film industry with unparalleled success, and his untimely death at the young age of 31 was a shock to the world.?�
A week of hospitalization that included ulcers, lung problems and eventually a coma preceded his death on August 23, 1926. An estimated 100,000 people attended his funeral mass that was held in New York City at a church in the Broadway Theater district.
Valentino Day is here to commemorate the day of this actor�??s death and pay homage to his life that seems to have been far too short.
