| From a February 1952 Louella Parsons newspaper column: |
| The 1950's |
| Here is an editorial Dorothy wrote to the LA Times in 1954 |
| Dorothy in an undated photo with husband Herman Shapiro. |
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| I received a wonderful email from a gentleman named Raul Garcia and in his email he told me a story about how while reading his grandmother's handwritten memoirs, he learned she had been friends with Dorothy Sebastian. In the 1950's, his grandmother and members of her family would travel from Cuba during the summer and spend time at a hotel called The Henrosa in Miami, Florida. It was here that his grandmother, her name was Cristina Garcia, met and became friends with Dorothy. Good enough friends that Dorothy went to visit Cristina in Cuba on two separate occasions. She would stay at Cristina's 850 acre farm called "Caraballo" sometimes for months at a time. Raul was even kind enough to share two photos from August of 1955 showing members of his family posing with Dorothy. |
| Built in 1935, today the Henrosa is part of the Econo Lodge chain. |
Dorothy is sitting on the floor