After meeting on the set of a movie, Desi Arnez caught Lucille Ball’s eye with his flair, talent, and his boatload of charm. Against all odds and after a stormy six-month courtship, they were married in 1940. At twenty-nine, Lucille was five and a half years older than Desi and far more successful. They stared in a few movies together but Desi led his own band, touring the country const

Even after their divorce Lucille carried on her career without Desi. She was still driven by a perpetual need to make people laugh. She made many television appearances and remained popular, staring in three other sitcoms, featuring her hilarious antics once again. But no role she played came close to her original character -the zany housewife the world had come to love- Lucy Ricardo. She endured many hardships and learned to live life without Desi. She even bought out his share of Desilu; the successful production company they owned together. Lucille was known for comedy, no one knew how much fight she really had in her. She showed the world just how strong she really was, carrying on without Desi, because if people thought for one second that she was going to cave in without a fight, they had picked the wrong redhead.

There is perhaps no other performer in the history of television that has affected so many people and caused so much wholehearted laughter. Lucille Ball lived to perform a

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