Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This cover image released by Simon & Schuster shows "Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television" by Todd S. Purdum. (Simon & ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Desi Arnaz, here with Vivian Vance, left, and Lucille Ball each toting an Emmy for "I Love Lucy," was a driving force behind the ...

Many people still think of Desi Arnaz as Lucille Ball's foil on “I Love Lucy,” but he was most definitely not only that guy. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) Review by Ty Burr Luuuucy — he’s home. And ...

Desi Arnaz, the Cuban-born entertainer, broke conventions when he co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball in the TV show "I Love Lucy," playing a prototypical American sitcom dad. He also changed the ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In the new biography "Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television" (Simon & Schuster), Todd S. Purdum explores the ...

Lucie Arnaz says her proudest moment with her father, Desi Arnaz, was when he publicly admitted he was an alcoholic. The only daughter of Arnaz and Lucille Ball, 73, spoke candidly about her father’s ...

Desi Arnaz, here with Vivian Vance, left, and Lucille Ball each toting an Emmy for "I Love Lucy," was a driving force behind the pioneering show co-starring his wife, but struggled with alcoholism, as ...

Once a second banana, always a second banana when in the shadow of a brighter star. For musician and actor Desi Arnaz, that shadow belonged to Lucille Ball, his wife and co-star on the ground-breaking ...

Once a second banana, always a second banana when in the shadow of a brighter star. For musician and actor Desi Arnaz, that shadow belonged to Lucille Ball, his wife and co-star on the ground-breaking ...