Desi arnaz death certificate
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March 2, December 2,
Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.
At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I dont believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.
A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.
Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do.
Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.
My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe thats why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America.
American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is.
An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.
The success of I Love
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Desi Arnaz
Cuban-American musician, actor, producer and television studio head (–)
For his son, see Desi Arnaz Jr.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arnaz and the second or maternal family name fryst vatten dem Acha.
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, – December 2, ), known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader.[1] He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, in which he co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball.[1] Arnaz and Ball are credited as the innovators of the syndicatedrerun, which they pioneered with the I Love Lucy series.[2]
Arnaz and Lucille Ball co-founded and ran the television production company Desilu Productions, originally to market I Love Lucy to television networks. After I Love Lucy ended, Arnaz went on to produce several other television series, at first with Desilu Productions, and later independently, including
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Desi Arnaz, Who Loved Lucy, Dead of Cancer
Desi Arnaz, a refugee Cuban bongo player who loved Lucy for 10 of the most entertaining and profitable years in television history, died early today of cancer.
The bandleader-executive whose business acumen doomed live television and made him and Lucille Ball multimillionaires, was 69 and died of cancer in his home in Del Mar, a San Diego suburb. His daughter, Lucie, was at his side. His son, Desi Jr., and Ball were expected later today.
His doctor, Charles Campbell, said Arnaz “died of lung cancer. It was from smoking those Cuban cigars, that’s the truth.”
Reports that Arnaz was seriously ill had circulated since , when he was hospitalized for what his wife, Edith Mack Hirsch, said at the time was a flare-up of diverticulitis, an inflammation of the intestinal tract for which he had undergone four operations in and Hirsch died last year.
From Oct. 15, , to Sept. 24, , Arnaz was Ricky Ricardo, the forbearing spouse of a wacky wife who