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They were just ordinary people, living ordinary lives, until one singular sensation of circumstances conspired with fate to make them
UNSUNG HEROES OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
Dikran Karabedian (1904-1967) was a humble immigrant shoemaker from Armenia with a knack for invisible and indestructible leather stitchery when he caught the eye of famed Hollywood costume designer Aida Cabeza. Karabedian’s architectural acumen was the secret structural salsa that made the towering fruit hats of Carmen Miranda possible.