Luis Basualdo The Argentine Polo Player Who Caused Society Scandal Has Died
Alan Davidson / Shutterstock Luis Basualdo, known as the ‘modern-day Casanova’, the good-looking Argentinian polo-playing playboy who had an eye for beautiful, wealthy women, has died aged 75. As Richard Kay revealed in the Daily Mail, ‘for all his faults he was certainly a life enhancer.’ Indeed, he came to Britain from Argentina in 1968 as The Times describes, ‘with two polo ponies, a dashing smile and bundles of charm’, soon becoming immersed in the polo scene that saw him causing scandal through society circles. Nigel Dempster, the late gossip columnist, once named him ‘th...
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