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Hispanic Heritage Month highlights notable Hispanic figures including painter Frida Kahlo who is famous for her 55 self-portraits and lived most of her life in Mexico City, actor Desi Arnaz who was Cuban and starred in the hit show I Love Lucy popularizing the congo line dance, and revolutionary Pancho Villa who was a prominent figure in the Mexican Revolution.
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