Had son Simon with his first wife and another son, Henry, with his second wife.
Parents, Dimiter and Anna.
His first wife Delphine was English of partly Irish heritage.
His first son Ari jr. was born in Spring 1930 but died a few weeks after his birth.
Brother, Alexander and sister, Zvetana.
Played the guitar.
During his time in the military, he met and wrote songs with Hristo Smirnenski who would later become a well known Bulgarian poet.
His prominent tenor singing voice hardly changed between the time he was a member of the Comedian Harmonists and old age, despite a lifetime of chain smoking.