On July 17, 1951, less than three weeks prior to her 40th birthday, Ball gave birth to daughter Lucie Désirée Arnaz. A year and a half later, she gave birth to Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV, known as Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Arnaz has a daughter, Julia Arnaz, from a relationship with model Susan Callahan-Howe in 1968 when they were both 15 years old; Julia's relationship to Desi Jr. was proven by a paternity test in 1991.
Lucy finds out she was expecting Little Ricky on the Season 2 episode "Lucy is Enceinte." The episode in which he is born, "Lucy goes to the Hospital," was aired on January 19, 1953, the same day as the birth of Lucille Ball's actual son, Desi Arnaz Jr.
19 episode of CBS' I Love Lucy. This was accomplished by scheduling a cesarean delivery to coincide with the Lucy episode, and in retrospect the plan—um, hatched by Ball, 41, and husband Desi Arnaz, 35—seems cannily brilliant.
Ball and Desi Arnaz were married a second time in 1946 in a church because his mother believed that the couple could not have children because they had not been married in the Catholic Church. (She suffered three miscarriages with husband Desi Arnaz, in 1942, 1949 and 1950.)
He Died 40 Years Ago, Now His Children Confirm the Rumors
What disease did Lucille Ball have?
She did not appear in film or television roles for the rest of her career and died in 1989 from an abdominal aortic aneurysm and arteriosclerotic heart disease at the age of 77.
PUBLISHED: November 29, 2022 at 3:13 p.m. | UPDATED: November 30, 2023 at 10:13 a.m. Lucille Ball was 28 when she met Desi Arnaz, 23, on the set of 'Too Many Girls,' in 1940. The two quickly hit it off and were married by year's end on Nov. 30.
In her 1989 memoir, Love, Lucy, Ball revealed that she filed for divorce from Arnaz due to his drinking problem and alleged infidelity. “Desi's nightlife had even blasé Hollywood talking,” she wrote.
The eleventh memoir and latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. This book tells the true story of Cathy's adopted daughter Lucy. Lucy was born to a single mother who had been abused and neglected for most of her own childhood.
In an interesting twist, during the second season of “I Love Lucy,” Ball's second pregnancy with Desi Arnaz Jr. was incorporated into the show's plot. The character was pregnant with Ricky Ricardo Jr.
Desi Arnaz Jr. has lived in Boulder City, Nevada, since 1986, where he owns the Historic Boulder Theatre and helps direct non-profit Boulder City Ballet Company (BCBC) with his wife, Amy Arnaz.
He was billed as Richard Keith because his Cajun French last name, "Thibodeaux", was considered too difficult to pronounce by producer Desi Arnaz. He is the last living regular appearing cast member from I Love Lucy.
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer and bandleader.
Lucille had an estimated net worth of $60 million at the time of her death at age 77 in 1989, according to Celebrity Net Worth. The Emmy winner, born to Henry Durrell "Had" Ball and Désirée Evelyn "DeDe" Ball in 1911, earned her first credited acting role in 1935's I Dream Too Much.
This was later addressed directly in the Season 10 premiere episode "Freedom 45", where Randy revealed that once he realized he was not welcome in Ricky's family (and due to what Randy viewed as Ricky's overwhelming negative influence), he and Lucy gave the baby up for adoption.
"Lucy Goes to the Hospital" is an episode of the 1950s American television show I Love Lucy in which the title character, Lucy Ricardo, gives birth to a baby boy after a chaotic sequence of events.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz relied on 'I Love Lucy' to save their marriage. The two split shortly after the show wrapped. They, however, remained friends after their split.
Audiences across the country knew America's favorite redhead was adored by Desi Arnaz – but long after “I Love Lucy” came to an end and her marriage to her co-star ended in 1960, Lucille Ball became happily devoted to her second husband, comedian Gary Morton.
Lucille Ball married a minor comedian named Gary Morton, roughly one year after her divorce from Desi Arnaz. It was apparently a relatively happy marriage, although Morton 13 years her junior and though they never had any children together. Ball predeceased Morton by more than a decade, when she passed in 1989.
Arnaz's doctor, Charles Campbell, also confirmed to The Los Angeles Times at the time that the actor died from lung cancer caused by his history of smoking. “It was from smoking those Cuban cigars; that's the truth,” he said.
Lucille was more serious than her iconic TV character. "She was very responsible, took care of business. She worried a lot about her household, whether the kids were being taken care of, if the garage was being cleaned out, homework was being done," Lucie shared with the Television Academy Foundation.
Luckinbill and Arnaz live in Palm Springs, California. Arnaz and Luckinbill have three children: Simon, Joseph and Katharine Luckinbill. Luckinbill also has two sons from his previous marriage: Nicholas and Benjamin Luckinbill. Arnaz attended an all-girls Catholic high school, mainly because of its drama program.
