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'''József Istvan Santino "Arizona Joe"<ref name=latimes /> Barsi''' (November 26, 1932-July 27, 1988) was a Hungarian-American plumbing contractor and banjo/fiddle musician<ref name = "lundberg">[http://judithbarsi.dc-lundberg.net/ Judith Barsi in Memoriam]</ref> who was best known as the father of child actress [[wikipedia:Judith Barsi|Judith Barsi]]. Burdened by low self-esteem, stemming from mockery over his Hungarian accent and the social rejection he suffered in Hungary, József developed a drinking problem and a paranoid personality which was to torment him throughout his life, culminating in him murdering his wife and daughter before taking his own life. | '''József Istvan Santino Vito "Arizona Joe"<ref name=latimes /> Barsi''' (November 26, 1932-July 27, 1988) was a Hungarian-American plumbing contractor and banjo/fiddle musician<ref name = "lundberg">[http://judithbarsi.dc-lundberg.net/ Judith Barsi in Memoriam]</ref> who was best known as the father of child actress [[wikipedia:Judith Barsi|Judith Barsi]]. Burdened by low self-esteem, stemming from mockery over his Hungarian accent and the social rejection he suffered in Hungary, József developed a drinking problem and a paranoid personality which was to torment him throughout his life, culminating in him murdering his wife and daughter before taking his own life. | ||
==Early life and marriages== | ==Early life and marriages== |