A person named Rafael Bienvenido Cruz passed away in the late 1970s, and there exists the possibility Papa Cruz has been using the dead mans name for...whatever reason!
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Are you saying that Edward’s dad Rafael was using the dead man’s name back in 1957
when he enrolled at UT in Austin, Tx? Is there a possiblity that more than one
with the same named exist/existed?
No idea on your questions...
but whitepages.com returns 1076 entries for Rafael Cruz.
It’s obviously a pretty common name in the US.
http://www.whitepages.com/name/Rafael-Cruz