The Tragic Story Of Lucille Ball's Son, Desi Arnaz Jr.
"Years ago I was a playboy," Desi Arnaz Jr. admits in a interview with People magazine at the age of He was under the illusion that he was "in love" since he was To be fair, his womanizing was a quality he seemed to have inherited. Back in the day, Desi Arnaz Sr. was thought to be quite the womanizer himself and, as they say, the lust apple doesn't fall far from the playboy tree.
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Arnaz Jr.'s womanizing got a lot of attention partly due to being in the spotlight from a young age — a symptom of having two famous parents — and partly due to the fame of the women he tantalized. We're talking big names like Patty Duke, Liza Minnelli, Kim Darby, Tina Sinatra, and the list goes on. According to Dino Martin, Arnaz Jr.'s beloved friend and son of Dean Martin, Arnaz Jr. was "in love three times a week." Arnaz Jr., as Martin says, the "lover" of their pop-rock group in the 60s when there was "no shortage of groupies."
His love for the fairer sex brought fatherhood to Arnaz Jr. at the early age of Julie Arnaz's mother, Susan Howe, was a model at the time. Arnaz Jr. and Julie didn't have a relationship until she was 25
| Desi Arnaz | |
| Birth name: | Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | March 2 () |
| Date of death: | December 2 (aged 69) |
| Death location: | Del Mar, California, United States |
| Spouse: | Lucille Ball ( – ) Edith Mack Hirsch ( – ; her death) |
Desi Arnaz (born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III) (March 2, – December 2, ) was a Cuban American musician, actor, and television producer. He is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the immensely popular television show, I Love Lucy, which has continued to run nonstop for a span of fifty-seven years. He is also remembered for his hit song, "Babalu" in , and for introducing the Conga line to American audiences.
He, along with his wife, Lucille Ball, founded Desilu Productions, which became one of the most successful entertainment companies of the era, producing many top television programs and at one point owning RKO Pictures.[1] Their I Love Lucy show opened the door wider for American acceptance of interracial marriage.
He was one of Hollywood's most perceptive and powerful producers in television's early years. His business skills and his use of new technologica
Inside Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's 'Fantastic Romance' and 'Successful Divorce'
The fiery redheaded performer hailing from Jamestown, New York, and the charming, Cuba-raised actor and musician were an unconventional fit for the buttoned-up Hollywood of the s and s. But that didn’t stop Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz from becoming America’s favorite on- and off-screen couple.
Their union would go on to produce two children, as well as countless hours of groundbreaking television. They would help usher in the era of syndicated broadcasting and their production company, Desilu Pictures, would back such influential series as The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mission: Impossible and Star Trek.
Though marriage for the couple would last only two decades, a love and mutual respect remained between the stars until death. “They had a great divorce,” daughter Lucie Arnaz recalled to Closer Weekly in “They had a very successful divorce. It was fantastic. … If their parents can’t get along and that happens, then kids should be so lucky to have a divorce like my mom and dad because they were kind. They never said bad words about each other and they stayed friends until the day they died.
The Heartbreaking Tale Of Lucille Ball's Son, Desi Arnaz Jr.
Desi Arnaz Jr.'s struggles with addiction nearly consumed his life. According to Coyne Steven Sanders and Tom Gilbert's book, "Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz" (via Cheat Sheet), the actor felt pressure to live up to his famous parents, and the constant battle caused him to abuse drugs and alcohol. He noted that one of the first times that he felt a sense of jealousy was when he was only three years old and went to visit his parents on set of "I Love Lucy."
Explaining that he was confused because he wasn't the one who was playing their son, Arnaz Jr. said, "I had this identity problem, and it wasn't helped by people calling me Little Ricky, a name I learned to despise." He added, "I remember wanting rather desperately to be better at something – anything – than the boy who played Little Ricky. For a while, it seemed as if everything in my life was connected to Little Ricky's."
Arnaz Jr. began abusing drugs when he was a teenager, which he recalled in interviews with Dr. John Chirban, a psychologist. (With Arnaz Jr.'s permission, those conversations were shared years later in an article for Psycholo
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