Today we remember Desi Arnaz who died on this day in 1986. Lucy and Desi spoke once more in the final days before his death on December 2, 1986. As Lucie remembers, “I got on the phone with my mother and said, ‘He’s barely speaking. He didn’t eat any of the dinner we fixed. He hasn’t eaten in three days. I don’t even know if he’ll understand what you’re saying, but I’ll put the phone up to his ear.’ She said, ‘Oh, okay.’ She was always trying to be so brave. You could hear her voice cracking. I

Desi Arnaz's funeral was a Catholic mass held at St. James Catholic Church in Solana Beach, California, on December 4, 1986, with approximately 100 mourners, including his ex-wife Lucille Ball and their children, attending to pay their respects. 🎥 YouTube #desiarnaz #lucilleball #oldhollywood #hollywoodhistory #ilovelucy #lucyanddesi #lucyandricky | Hollywoodland Photos

The Warner Brothers short film, DESI ARNAZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA ('46), captures the bandleader in his essence. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

Scene from the Lucy Desi comedy hour “Lucy hunts uranium” | I Love Lucy Was Never just a title