Lucille Ball received a cushion-cut diamond engagement ring from Desi Arnaz after they had already eloped ...

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's kids — Lucie and Desi Jr. — have their own families now Nicole Briese is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has ...

Desi Arnaz paid tribute to his ex-wife in a letter read just five days after his death Archive Photos/Getty Desi Arnaz had one last message for Lucille Ball just days after he died The former couple ...

From the start, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s relationship was a whirlwind romance straight out of a Hollywood movie. After meeting on the set of the film Too Many Girls in 1940, Ball and Arnaz ...

When Lucille Ball gave birth to her first child with husband Desi Arnaz, it was dad who named the baby — and Ball didn't even know the name until it was already on the birth certificate. In his new ...

Both their kids followed in their footsteps as entertainers.

Like just about everyone who grew up at a time when a few networks decided what Americans watched on their television sets, author Todd S. Purdum knew all of the antics of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, the ...

When Todd S. Purdum first set out to write Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television, it wasn't just a passion project-it was a gamble. Purdum, best known for his political reporting at The New York ...