Desi Arnaz Jr. is opening up about his father, Desi Arnaz, and offering a rare look at a man who lived to entertain — but wrestled with his demons behind the scenes. In his new book Desi Arnaz: The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I’d grown up watching I Love Lucy like everyone else of our generation,” Purdum explained in an exclusive interview. “I wasn’t a ...

There's been plenty written about I Love Lucy, but mostly about Lucy. What about I? Desi Arnaz—the man who played Lucille Ball's husband on the show, and was married to her in real life too—was not ...

And about time. Desi Arnaz — the “I” in “I Love Lucy” — has never been given his rightful due as a protean force, perhaps the protean force, in early television history. Still, the subtitle of Todd S.

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 ...

Long before he loved Lucy, Desi Arnaz loved the Stingarees, the athletic teams of Miami Senior High School. Arnaz was a famous alumni of the school. Miami Herald file Desi Arnaz is returning to Miami ...

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz didn't start out trying to become television's most recognized couple. In the 1940s, they were just two working performers juggling movie sets, radio scripts and relentless ...