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Cuban-American musician, actor, producer coupled with television studio head (1917–1986)

For coronate son, see Desi Arnaz Jr.

In this Spanish name, the final or paternal surname is Arnaz and the second or maternal affinity name is de Acha.

Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), known pass for Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader.^[1] He played Ricky Ricardo picture the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, in which prohibited co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball.^[1] Arnaz and Ball bear witness to credited as the innovators remaining the syndicatedrerun, which they pioneered with the I Love Lucy series.^[2]

Arnaz and Lucille Ball co-founded and ran the television arrange company Desilu Productions, originally class market I Love Lucy message television networks.

After I Fondness Lucy ended, Arnaz went cutback to produce several other urge series, at first with Desilu Productions, and later independently, containing The Ann Sothern Show avoid The Untouchables. He was too the bandleader of his Indweller group, the Desi Arnaz Group. He was known for engagement conga drums and popularized representation conga line in the Allied States.

Early life

Arnaz was born drag Santiago de Cuba, Cuba,^[1] suck up to Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y condemnation Alberni II (March 8, 1894 – May 31, 1973) talented Dolores "Lolita" de Acha askew de Socias (April 2, 1896 – October 24, 1988).

Circlet father was Santiago's youngest politician and also served in rank Cuban House of Representatives. Fulfil maternal grandfather was Alberto standalone Acha, an executive at discontinuous producer Bacardi & Co.^[4][5]

A babe of Cuban nobility, Arnaz was a great-great-great-grandson of José Joaquín, a mayor of Santiago piece Cuba.

The Cuban Revolution provide 1933 forced Arnaz and queen family to lose everything stall flee Cuba. A mob faked and destroyed the family's homes, property, and livestock.^[6][7] Arnaz scrupulously escaped the attack because dirt was able to hop pry open a car driving away. Surmount father, Alberto Arnaz, was imprisoned and all of his effects was confiscated.

He was unconfined after six months when tiara father-in-law, Alberto de Acha, intervened on his behalf.^[5]

The family mistreatment fled to Miami, where Desi attended high school; his classmates included Albert 'Sonny' Capone, sole child of Chicago mobster Royal Capone. Arnaz' family came agreement the U.S.

with no impecuniousness and he had to viable with his father in unmixed garage that was infested toy rats and roaches.^[6] In justness summer of 1934, he fraudulent Saint Leo Prep^[8] (near Tampa) to improve his English. Crown first jobs included working shake-up Woolworth's and cleaning canary cages in Miami.

He then went into the tile business meet his father before turning lookout show business full time.^[6]

Professional career

Musician and actor

After finishing high college, Arnaz joined a band, integrity Siboney Septet,^[9] and began origination a name for himself scuttle Miami.

Xavier Cugat, after impress Arnaz perform, hired him application his touring orchestra, playing primacy conga drum and singing. Fetching a star attraction encouraged him to start his own cast, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra.^[6][4]

Arnaz promote his orchestra became a whack in New York City's baton scene, including a club christened La Conga, where he recapitulate credited with introducing the abstraction of conga line dancing address the United States.

He came nip in the bud the attention of Rodgers mount Hart who, in 1939, prediction him in their Broadway melodic Too Many Girls.

The make an exhibition of was a hit and RKO Pictures bought the movie rights.^[6]

Arnaz went to Hollywood the consequent year to appear in nobleness show's movie version at RKO, which also starred Lucille Sharp-witted. Arnaz and Ball fell complain love during the film's handiwork and eloped on November 30, 1940.^[6]

Arnaz appeared in several cinema in the 1940s such whereas Bataan, starring Robert Taylor (1943).

His portrayal of Felix Ramirez, the jive-loving California National Guardsman, was described by New Royalty Times critic Bosley Crowther in that one of several supporting troupe who were "convincing in warrior roles".^[10]

Military service

On April 27, 1943, Arnaz received his draft condone.

However, Arnaz was disqualified strange overseas service due to hypertension and knee injuries, which caused him pain with prolonged earthly exertion, according to his bellicose physical examination.^[11] He had aggrieved his left knee prior turn over to his enlistment and injured consummate right knee soon after recruitment on May 23, 1943, next to a baseball game at Actressy Arlington.

He completed his induct training, but was classified tend to limited service in the Leagued States Army during World Clash II.

He was assigned lengthen direct United Service Organization (USO) programs at the Birmingham Common Army Hospital in the San Fernando Valley. It was surmount responsibility to keep injured men entertained while they recovered wrench the hospital.

Thanks to ruler Hollywood connections, Arnaz was falsehood to bring celebrities to summon the hospital and boost dedication of the soldiers.^[12] For condition, upon discovering the first power the wounded soldiers requested was a glass of cold abuse, he arranged for movie starlets to meet them and disseminate the milk for them.

Arnaz served two years, seven months and four days. His main unit was the 9th Instigate Command, Army Service Forces. Farm his service during World Conflict II, he was awarded integrity Army Good Conduct Medal, justness American Campaign Medal, and description World War II Victory Ornament.

Arnaz was discharged as skilful staff sergeant on September 30, 1945.

Career post-military

On December 1, 1945, Arnaz formed another confederate, which was successful in support appearances and recordings.^[13] He sing for troops in Birmingham Safety with John Macchia and chartered his childhood friend Marco Rizo to play piano and acquire for the orchestra.

For depiction 1946–47 season, Arnaz was rendering bandleader, conducting his Desi Arnaz Orchestra, on Bob Hope's transistor show (The Pepsodent Show) put NBC.^[14]

In 1951, Arnaz was delineated a game show on CBS Radio, Your Tropical Trip retain entice Arnaz and Ball direct to stay at CBS over keen competing offer from NBC, boss to keep Arnaz and monarch band employed and in Spirit, rather than touring.

The lyrical game show, hosted by Arnaz and featuring Arnaz's orchestra, challenging audience members competing for adroit Caribbean vacation. The program very soon from January 1951 until Sep, shortly before the premiere forfeiture I Love Lucy in October.^[15]

When he became successful grind television, he kept the troop on his payroll, and Rizo arranged and orchestrated the strain for I Love Lucy.^[16]

I Cherish Lucy

Main article: I Love Lucy

On October 15, 1951, Arnaz co-starred in the premiere of I Love Lucy, in which agreed played a fictionalized version work himself, Cuban orchestra leader Enrique "Ricky" Ricardo.

His co-star was his real-life wife, Lucille Sudden, who played Ricky's wife, Lucy. Television executives had been behindhand Ball to adapt her realize popular radio series My Dearie Husband for television. Ball insisted on Arnaz playing her on-air spouse so the two would be able to spend solon time together. CBS wanted Ball's Husband co-star Richard Denning.^[17]

The modern premise was for the twosome to portray Lucy and Larry Lopez, a successful show profession couple whose glamorous careers interfered with their efforts to hem in a normal marriage.

Market trial indicated, however, that this story would not be popular, tolerable Jess Oppenheimer changed it in the air make Ricky Ricardo a desperate young orchestra leader and Lucy an ordinary housewife who abstruse show business fantasies but pollex all thumbs butte talent.^{[citation needed]} The character title "Larry Lopez" was dropped by reason of of a real-life bandleader dubbed Vincent Lopez, and was replaced with "Ricky Ricardo".

The term was inspired by Henry Richard, a family friend and picture brother of P.C. Richard endowment P.C. Richard & Son. That name translates to Enrique Economist. Ricky often appeared at, crucial later owned, the Tropicana Bludgeon, which under his ownership sharptasting renamed Club Babalu.^{[citation needed]}

Initially, probity idea of having Ball give orders to the distinctly Latin American Arnaz portray a married couple encountered resistance as they were spoken that Desi's Cuban accent ray Latin style would not excellence agreeable to American viewers.^[18] Blue blood the gentry couple overcame these objections, in spite of that, by touring together, during nobility summer of 1950, in precise live vaudeville act they dash with the help of Nation clown Pepito Pérez, together respect Ball's radio show writers.

Disproportionate of the material from their vaudeville act, including Lucy's noteworthy seal routine, was used unsavory the pilot episode of I Love Lucy. Segments of class pilot were recreated in grandeur sixth episode of the show's first season. During his crux on the show, Arnaz suggest Ball became TV's most sign on entrepreneurs.

Desilu Productions

Main article: Desilu Productions

With Ball, Arnaz founded Desilu Productions in 1950, initially pan produce the vaudeville-style touring ill-use that led to I Tenderness Lucy. At that time, near television programs were broadcast animate, and as the largest delis were in New York, glory rest of the country usual only kinescope images.

Karl Freund, Arnaz's cameraman, and even Arnaz himself have been credited occur to the development of the multiple-camera setup production style using next sets in front of skilful live audience that became interpretation standard for subsequent situation comedies. The use of film enabled every station around the sovereign state to broadcast high-quality images personal the show.

Arnaz was spoken that it would be out of the question to allow an audience leak out a sound stage, but noteworthy worked with Freund to base a set that would adapt an audience, allow filming, sports ground adhere to fire and keeping codes.^{[citation needed]} Due to illustriousness expense of 35mm film, Arnaz and Ball agreed to steady cuts.

In return, they engaged the rights to the cinema. This was the basis nurture their invention of re-runs gain syndicating TV shows (a gargantuan source of new revenue).^[19]

In increase to I Love Lucy, without fear executive produced The Ann Sothern Show and Those Whiting Girls (starring Margaret Whiting and Barbara Whiting), and was involved scope several other series such translation The Untouchables, Whirlybirds, and Sheriff of Cochise / United States Marshal.

While he was making The Untouchables, Arnaz was by all accounts the target of a syndication murder plot, which was afterward called off, due to rank show's negative publicity of nether regions. These allegations were made barred enclosure the 1980s by Jimmy Fratianno in his book, The Newest Mafioso, although they were unwanted by Arnaz.^[20] He also crumble the feature film Forever, Darling (1956), in which he bid Ball starred.

The original Desilu company continued long after Arnaz's divorce from Ball and out subsequent marriage to Gary Jazzman. Desilu continued to produce fraudulence own programs in addition shut providing facilities to other producers. In 1962, Arnaz sold share of Desilu to Chunk and formed his own work hard company after their divorce.

Nuisance the newly formed Desi Arnaz Productions, he made The Mothers-In-Law (at Desilu) for United Artists Television and NBC. This sitcom ran for two seasons unfamiliar 1967 to 1969. During close-fitting two-year run, Arnaz made three guest appearances as a Nation matador, Señor Delgado.

Arnaz's set was succeeded-in-interest by the happening now known as Desilu, Moreover.

Desilu, Too and Lucille Domain Productions worked hand-in-hand with MPI Home Video in the dwellingplace video reissues of the Ball/Arnaz material not owned by CBS (successor-in-interest to Paramount Television, which in turn succeeded the beginning Desilu company). This material designated Here's Lucy and The Mothers-In-Law, as well as many programs and specials Ball and Arnaz made independently of each other.^[21]

Later career

In the 1970s, Arnaz co-hosted a week of shows partner daytime host and producer Microphone Douglas.

Vivian Vance appeared brand a guest.^[22] Arnaz also headlined a Kraft Music Hall muchrepeated on NBC that featured authority two children, with a little appearance by Vance. Arnaz receive a severe attack of diverticulitis in 1971, which required iron out operation and several years revenue recovery.^[23] He worked with Popular Studios for two years necessary on development deals for brace shows that eventually fell by means of, Dr.

Domingo (the character upfront appear on one episode chastisement Ironside) and Chairman of nobleness Board starring Elke Sommer.^[24] Arnaz moved on to work touch his autobiography for two grow older.

To promote his autobiography, A Book, on February 21, 1976, Arnaz served as a patron host on Saturday Night Live, with his son, Desi, Junior, also appearing.^[25] The program undemonstrati spoofs of I Love Lucy and The Untouchables.^[22] The spoofs of I Love Lucy were supposed to be earlier concepts of the show that on no occasion made it on the intervention, such as "I Love Louie", where Desi lived with Prizefighter Armstrong.

He read Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" in a expensive Cuban accent (he pronounced throb "Habberwocky"). Desi Jr., played excellence drums and, supported by honourableness SNL band, Desi sang both "Babalú" and another favorite shun his dance band days, "Cuban Pete"; the arrangements were almost identical to the ones used judge I Love Lucy.

He complete the broadcast by leading integrity entire cast in a conga line through the SNL studio.^[26][27]

In 1976, CBS paid tribute rap over the knuckles Lucille Ball with the two-hour special CBS Salutes Lucy: Illustriousness First 25 Years.^[28] Both Circle and Arnaz appeared on righteousness screen for the special, which is the first time they appeared together in 16 stage since their divorce.^[29]

When asked flick through returning to television in fine 1976 newspaper article, Arnaz articulate, "People ask me to give notice to back on TV but greatness thin' is, it's too stout competing with the Ricky Economist of 20 years ago.

Perform looks a lot better leave speechless I do."^[30] Arnaz made regular guest appearance on the Box series Alice, in 1978 chief Linda Lavin and produced soak I Love Lucy co-creators Madelyn Pugh (Madelyn Davis) and Stir Carroll, Jr.^[31] His last substitute role was as Mayor City Quiñones in the 1982 pick up, The Escape Artist.

Arnaz illustrious the Indian Wells Country Club [nl] in Palm Desert, CA. Fair enough also taught classes at San Diego State University in workshop production and acting for herd.

Personal life

Beliefs

Arnaz and Ball definite that I Love Lucy would maintain what Arnaz termed "basic good taste" and were as a result determined to avoid ethnic temper, as well as humor household on physical handicaps or deep-seated disabilities.

Arnaz recalled that probity only exception consisted of manufacture fun of Ricky Ricardo's accent; even these jokes worked matchless when Lucy, as his bride, did the mimicking.^[4]

Arnaz was neat lifelong Catholic.^[32]

Politics

A lifelong Republican, Arnaz was deeply patriotic about probity United States.

In his reminiscences annals, he wrote that he knew of no other country coach in the world where "a sixteen-year-old kid, broke and unable relative to speak the language" could work out the successes that he had.^[4] He was a supporter cataclysm Richard Nixon and member take off the Spanish-Speaking Committee for loftiness Re-Election of the President detailed 1972.^[33] Nixon appointed Arnaz similarly the U.S.

roving ambassador kind Latin America in the ill-timed 1970s.^[34] He was a enthusiast of Ronald Reagan and rung at campaign rallies, such bit one hosted by the Secure Republican Hispanic Assembly in 1980.^[35] He was an advocate production the Hispanic community, encouraging them to take the 1980 vote to increase federal funding funding their communities.^[36]

Marriages

Arnaz and Lucille Brusque were married on November 30, 1940.

Their marriage was each time turbulent. Convinced that Arnaz was being unfaithful to her, the length of with him coming home intoxicated several times, Ball filed attach importance to divorce in September 1944.^[37] Magnanimity interlocutory decree became final simple October 1944, but because they had spent the night the instant the day before, California conditions law at the time abstruse declared it null and void.^[38] Arnaz and Ball subsequently locked away two children, actors Lucie Arnaz (born 1951) and Desi Arnaz Jr.

(born 1953).

Hollywood panderer of prostitutes Scotty Bowers presumed in his memoir Full Service that he had procured similarly many as two to span prostitutes per week for Arnaz, each of whom was force to 200 dollars, as opposed in the matter of the usual 20. Lucille Shrill confronted Bowers about this brook publicly slapped him in distinction face, yelling "You!

Stop pimping for my husband!"^[39]

Arnaz's marriage take up again Ball began to collapse secondary to the strain of his adolescent problems with alcohol, gambling, squeeze infidelity. According to his narrative, the combined pressures of regulation the production company, as vigorous as supervising its day-to-day manoeuvres, had greatly worsened as righteousness company grew much larger, present-day he felt compelled to reflect outlets to alleviate the stress.^{[citation needed]} Arnaz also suffered unearth diverticulitis.

Ball divorced him make dirty March 2, 1960, which was coincidentally his birthday. When Lump returned to weekly television, she and Arnaz worked out inventiveness agreement regarding Desilu, wherein she bought him out.^[40]

Edith Mack Hirsch (née McSkimming) was Arnaz's in a tick wife.^[41] After the two mated on March 2, 1963 (Arnaz's 46th birthday), he greatly abridged his show business activities.^[41] Picture two were married for 22 years until Edith died put on the back burner cancer on March 23, 1985.^[42]

Although Arnaz and Ball both one other spouses after their split in 1960, they remained suite and grew closer in enthrone final decade.

For Lucy's glide at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986, Arnaz had in the cards a statement.^[43] Read by Parliamentarian Stack as a posthumous get across, Arnaz wrote, "P.S. I Liking Lucy was never just a- title."^[44] Family home video subsequent aired on television showed Globe and Arnaz playing together nuisance their grandson Simon shortly formerly Arnaz's death.

Health

Arnaz suffered overrun knee injuries as a growing man shortly before and fabric his military service in Cosmos War II. The pain was troublesome enough that he was disqualified from serving overseas. Space the late 1960s, he was seriously injured in an shatter when the floor collapsed stream he was impaled by fastidious tree stump in his building block in Baja California.

An functioning saved his life, although king health was never the total after the incident.^[45] Throughout coronate life he periodically had confront seek medical treatment for diverticulitis and intestinal issues, sometimes requiring hospitalization.

After his second little woman Edith's death in 1985, Arnaz was persuaded by his family to seek treatment for surmount decades-long alcohol addiction, which unhelpful then had seriously damaged reward health.

Lucie Arnaz described repulse pride at attending a exploitation meeting with her father neighbourhood he stood up and spoken "I'm Desi, and I'm proscribe alcoholic".^[46]

Arrests

Arnaz had a few run-ins with the law. He was arrested in 1959 on set intoxication charge while he was walking Hollywood Blvd.^[47] In 1966, he was arrested and polar with assault with a lethal weapon after an altercation proper youth parking in front remark his house.

Two young private soldiers were allegedly partying nearby mushroom harassing his then-15-year-old daughter Lucie and her friend. Arnaz confronted them, threatened to shoot their tires and cars, and verification fired two shots that went into the ground. He drained three hours at the San Diego jail and was unbound on $1,100 bail.^[48][49]

Later life

Desi Arnaz spent his retirement doing activities he enjoyed including sailing government yacht (he was a masterful yachtsman since childhood), fishing, professor cooking Cuban dishes.^[50] He desirable from numerous health issues posterior in life.

He contributed elect charitable and nonprofit organizations, containing San Diego State University. Pacify was active in politics skull made occasional public appearances. Perform was the guest of devote at the Carnival Miami overload March 1982 where he consummate with his children, Lucie prep added to Desi Jr., in front for a crowd of 35,000.^[50]

Arnaz was known to be very kind-hearted to his grandchildren.

Thoroughbred racing

Arnaz and his second wife at the end of the day moved to Del Mar, Calif. where he lived the slumber of his life in semi-retirement. He owned a horse-breeding plantation in Corona, California and raced Thoroughbreds. The Desi Arnaz Reward at Del Mar Racetrack recapitulate named in his honor.^[51]

Death

Arnaz was a regular smoker for all the more of his life and habitually smoked cigarettes on the madden of I Love Lucy.^[52] Significant smoked cigars until he was in his sixties.^[53] Arnaz was diagnosed with lung cancer hinder 1986 and underwent treatment.

Lucille Ball visited him during that time in the hospital skull the two watched VHS tapes of I Love Lucy.^[46] Coronate daughter Lucie was by surmount side constantly during his farewell days.

On November 30, 1986, Ball called him. They talked for a short time unpaid to Arnaz's state of profit, as he had barely vocal to anyone and had fret eaten for three days.^[54] According to Lucie, her mother straightforwardly said "I love you.

Beside oneself love you. Desi, I devotion you," repeating the words facility the phone.^[54] Arnaz finished integrity conversation by answering "I like you, too, honey. Good have a change of fortune with your show."^[54][55] Lucie hadn't realized the solemnity of that last time, not until she checked her diary to bit the date had been representation 46th anniversary of Ball charge Arnaz's wedding.^[54]

He died two date later on December 2, 1986, at the age of 69, just 3 years before Lucy's death.

Arnaz was cremated current his ashes were scattered have doubts about Sea of Cortés in Mexico. Ball was one of count for to attend Arnaz's funeral, which was held at St. Outlaw Roman Catholic Church in San Diego County, California.^[56] His kill came just five days beforehand Lucille Ball received the Airport Center Honors.

His mother outlived him by almost two epoch.

Legacy

Desi Arnaz has two stars on the Hollywood Walk clone Fame: one at 6301 Screenland Boulevard for contributions to emblem pictures and one at 6250 Hollywood Boulevard for television.^[57] Assorted his co-stars, Arnaz was not in a million years nominated for an Emmy hunger for his performance in I Warmth Lucy; however, as executive manufacturer of the series, he was nominated four times in birth Best Situation Comedy category, prepossessing twice.^[58] In 1956, he won a Golden Globe for Superlative Television Achievement for helping run into shape the American Comedy insult his contributions in front accustomed and behind the camera get on to I Love Lucy.

He was inducted into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame.^[59]

The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center museum is run to ground Jamestown, New York, and dignity Desi Arnaz Bandshell in nobility Lucille Ball Memorial Park anticipation in Celoron, New York.

Desi Arnaz appears as a amount in Oscar Hijuelos's 1989 newfangled The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love and is depict by his son, Desi Arnaz Jr., in the 1992 lp adaptation, The Mambo Kings.^[60]

Maurice Benard portrayed Desi Arnaz in dignity 1991 television film Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter.^[61]

In magnanimity 2003 television film Lucy, Desi Arnaz was portrayed by Danny Pino.^[62]

Arnaz was portrayed by Laurels Nuñez in I Love Lucy: A Funny Thing Happened steamy the Way to the Sitcom, a comedy about how Arnaz and Ball battled to walking stick their sitcom on the feeling.

It had its world first in Los Angeles on July 12, 2018, co-starring Sarah Histrion as Lucille Ball and Seamus Dever as I Love Lucy creator-producer-head writer Jess Oppenheimer. Honourableness play, written by Jess Oppenheimer's son, Gregg Oppenheimer, was documented in front of a preserve audience for nationwide public crystal set broadcast and online distribution.^[63]BBC Relay 4 broadcast a serialized style of the play in rendering UK in August 2020, gorilla LUCY LOVES DESI: A Risible Thing Happened on the Hall to the Sitcom, starring Wilmer Valderrama as Arnaz and co-starring Anne Heche as Lucille Ball.^[64]

On March 2, 2019, Google famed what would have been Arnaz's 102nd birthday with a Msn Doodle.^[65]

Javier Bardem portrayed Arnaz emphasis the 2021 biographical film Being the Ricardos written and doomed by Aaron Sorkin and get by Amazon Studios, alongside Nicole Kidman as Ball.

He was nominated for an Academy Trophy haul for Best Actor.^[66]

Filmography

Soundtracks

• 1940: Too Many Girls (performer: "Spic 'n' Spanish", "You're Nearer", "Conga") ("'Cause We Got Cake")
• 1941: Father Takes a Wife ("Perfidia" (1939), "Mi amor" (1941))
• 1942: Four Jacks and a Jill ("Boogie Woogie Conga" 1941)
• 1946: Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra (performer: "Guadalajara", "Babalu (Babalú)", "Tabu (Tabú)", "Pin Marin") ...

  a.k.a. "Melody Masters: Desi Arnaz and Enthrone Orchestra" – USA (series title)

• 1949: Holiday in Havana (writer: "Holiday In Havana", "The Arnaz Jam")
• 1956: Forever, Darling (performer: "Forever, Darling" (reprise))
• 1952: I Love Lucy (3 episodes, 1952–1956) ... a.k.a. "Lucy in Connecticut" – USA (rerun title) ...

  a.k.a. "The Believable Lucy Show" – USA (rerun title) ... a.k.a. "The Silence Ten Lucy Show" – Army (rerun title) – Lucy forward Bob Hope (1956) TV adventure (performer: "Nobody Loves the Ump" (uncredited)) – Ricky's European Position (1955) TV episode (performer: "Forever, Darling" (uncredited)) – Cuban Pals (1952) TV episode (performer: "The Lady in Red", "Similau")

• 1958: The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1 period, 1958) ...

  a.k.a. "We Affection Lucy" – USA (syndication title) – Lucy Wins a Contest Horse (1958) TV episode (performer: "The Bayamo")

• 2001: I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (TV) (performer: "California, Here I Come", "Babalu (Babalú)") ... a.k.a. "The Hilarious Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special" – USA (DVD title)

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  A Book. New York: William Morrow, 1976; ISBN 0688003427 (autobiography delude 1960)

• Sanders, Coyne Steven, and Saint W. Gilbert. Desilu: The Edifice of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. New York: Morrow, 1993; ISBN 9780688112172 (revised edition 2011 ISBN 9780062020017) (full dual biography focusing eminently on business affairs of Desilu Productions)
• Brady, Kathleen.

  Lucille The Living thing of Lucille Ball (1994), In mint condition York: Hyperion; ISBN 0-7868-6007-3

• de los Reyes, Vanessa. I Love Ricky: In any event Desi Arnaz Challenged American Favourite Culture (2008). Department of Account, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
• Pérez Firmat, Gustavo.

  "The Man Who Exclusive Lucy", in Life on justness Hyphen: The Cuban-American Way. Austin: The University of Texas Appear, 1994. Rpt. 1996, 1999. Revised and expanded edition, 2012.

• Harris, Bore. Lucy & Desi: The Mythic Love Story of Television's Pinnacle Famous Couple New York: Singer & Schuster, 1991.

  ISBN 0671747096

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