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| date_of_birth =[[November 12]], [[1942]]| place_of_birth =Camagüey, Cuba| date_of_death =[[October 11]], [[2016]]| place_of_death =Gulf Breeze, Florida
| occupation =Restaurateur, entrepreneur
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| spouse =[[Eloise Lautier de Varona]]| parents =Roberto Ernesto and Delia Villar de Varona| children =Christina and Natasha de Varona}}'''Robert de Varona''', called "Mr. D" by many, is a Cuban-born entrepreneur who owns airport concession company [[Varona Enterprises]] and a standalone restaurant, [[Varona's]], at 5121 North [[12th Avenue]]. He is married to [[Eloise Lautier de Varona]], a past president of [[Artel Gallery]].
Born in [[Wikipedia:Camagüey|Camagüey, Cuba]],<ref>[http://www.varona.com/restaurants.html Varona Restaurants]</ref> Varona participated in the failed [[Wikipedia:Bay of Pigs invasion|Bay of Pigs invasion]] against [[Wikipedia:FIdel Castro|FIdel Castro]]'s regime as a teenager, for which he was imprisoned for eighteen months.<ref>"Still Castro's Cuba." ''Pensacola News Journal'', February 20, 2008.</ref> He was released to America in [[1962]] with only $100 and a set of clothes.