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   Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989)

   
   

   Doctors determined that Ball had succumbed to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm not directly related to her surgery
   on April 18 to install an aortic valve replacement.

   Lucille Ball was an actress, comedian, producer, and
   studio executive. She was recognized by Time in 2020
   for her work in all four of these areas.

   She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards,
   winning five times, and was the recipient of several
   other accolades, such as the Golden Globe Cecil B.
   DeMille Award and two stars on the Hollywood Walk
   of Fame.
   

Randolph and co-star Art Carney in a promo photo
for The Honeymooners (circa 1955).

NEW YORK — “Honeymooners” actress Joyce Randolph, who
played Ed Norton’s sarcastic wife Trixie, has died. She was 99.

Her son Randolph Charles told The Associated Press Sunday,
his mother died of natural causes Saturday night at her home
on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

She was the last surviving main character of the beloved comedy
from television’s golden age of the 1950s.

The Honeymooners is a television sitcom that originally
aired from 1955 to 1956, created by and starring Jackie
Gleason, and based on a recurring comedy sketch of the        
same name that had been part of Gleason’s variety show.          

   

Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph.

Norman Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023)

Norman Lear was a screenwriter and producer who wrote,
created or developed over 100 shows. Lear created and
produced numerous popular 1970s sitcoms, including
All in the Family (1971–1979).

Lear (right) speaks with Jean Stapleton and Carroll
O’Connor on the set of "All in the Family" (1970).

A scene from "The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue."

The last episode of the hit television sitcom"I Love Lucy" aired
on this day in history, May 6, 1957.

William Asher, iconic producer, director and screenwriter, directed
the episode, which was titled "The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue."

 In the episode, Ball accidentally broke the statue — and decided
to pose in its place.

The TV sitcom originally aired on CBS from October
15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour
episodes, spanning six seasons.

Original Release: September 18, 1964 – April 8, 1966 on ABC

In the 1960s television series, “Thing”—strictly speaking, a disembodied forearm, since it occasionally emerged from
its box at near-elbow length—was usually played by Ted
Cassidy (below), who also played the lugubrious butler
Lurch.

He also narrated The Incredible Hulk TV series and voiced
The Hulk in the show’s first 2 seasons.

Theodore Crawford Cassidy
(July 31, 1932 – January 16, 1979)