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Andy Garcia was born Andres Arturo Garcia-Menendez on April 12, 1956, in Havana, Cuba. He was born to a fairly affluent family, but his family was forced to flee Cuba when Castro came into power. Garcia was five years old when his family immigrated to Florida.
In America, they were not as well off as they had been in Cuba, and his family had to struggle just to survive for the first years they were in the country. They worked menial jobs for the lowest pay and barely made enough to keep themselves from being homeless; however, Garcia’s father was not one to give up. Instead, Rene Garcia built a thriving, million-dollar perfume company from nothing.
Garcia spent his early years settling in to the country he now called home. He spent much of his time fighting as he tried to find a place for himself. In high school, he played sports and was a typical American student. A bout with serious illness in his senior year caused him to miss a lot of time playing...
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