![]() ![]() ![]() 27, 2020, at the age of 31, according to Legacy. Lucille Ball’s middle name was Desiree, which is likely where her granddaughter, Julia Arnaz, got the inspiration for her daughter’s name.ĭesiree Anzalone, the great-granddaughter of iconic comedian Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, tragically passed away on Sept. Julia tells Page Six that when Desiree was 25 years old, she went to the doctor after feeling a lump in her breast but got dismissed and told that young women her age didn’t need to worry about breast cancer. Julia Arnaz, 51, tragically lost her only child, 31-year-old Desiree Anzalone, to breast cancer last September, and she is now trying to set up a foundation in her daughter’s memory …ĭesiree Anzalone, the great-granddaughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, died of breast cancer at age 31. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s granddaughter is happy to use her family’s “legacy as a platform” - if it means getting more young women to have mammograms. “And this beautiful angel, my daughter … so many young women might say, ‘Ah it’s a cyst, no big deal.’. “Those four or five months, it’s a huge difference,” Julia tearfully told Page Six. Julia Arnaz is pictured with her daughter Desiree, who died last September. All in all, this makes a total of seven grandchildren for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Lucie’s three biological children are Simon, Joseph, and Katharine, while Nicholas and Benjamin are her two stepchildren. ![]() Famous actor Desi attends The Paley Center for Media presents Tropicana Nights: A Salute To The Music Of I Love Lucy at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, California.Īs well, Lucie gained some stepchildren from Laurence’s previous marriage. She was first named Julia Howe, but later on, she changed her legal name to Julia Arnaz. couldn’t be around Julia when she was growing up, he used the opportunity with Desiree to make up for it.ĭesi’s DNA matched 99.93% to Julia in the paternity test, which was done in 1991. treated her as if she was his own daughter. Julia’s child was named Desiree, and Desi Jr. Moreover, as per the last reports, Desi owns/operates the Boulder Theatre in Nevada, which he restored from the brink of ruin.Julia Arnaz had a child, and that child also became incredibly close with Desi Jr. With that, we should mention that he served as the Vice President of the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center’s Board of Directors in New York from about 2002 to 2007, and today, he runs the actors’ empire along with his elder sister Lucie. Now?ĭesi Arnaz Jr.’s parents reportedly played a crucial role in him getting better when they were alive, but despite the fact that they’ve been long gone now, it appears as if he’s still doing okay on his own. He was just 12 when he chose to step foot into entertainment by becoming the drummer of the Dino, Desi, & Billy band before co-starring alongside his mother as well as sister on ‘Here’s Lucy.’ Yet, even though he did go on to feature in over 35 films/television shows, all the while continuing to pursue his musical aspirations through tours and soundtracks, he also battled severe drug and alcohol abuse. “And so it feels like I was part of something that was going on from before I was even born.”ĭesi realizes that he’s been in the public eye since even before he learned how to walk or talk, let alone act, and sadly, it seems like it did weigh him down for a while. “I was there when they were doing the show, only I was in mom’s stomach,” Desi stated in the Amy Poehler-directed documentary. ![]() Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV, or Desi Arnaz Jr., was born on January 19, 1953, to the dynamic duo behind the 1950s CBS sitcom ‘I Love Lucy.’ They had actually incorporated Lucille’s pregnancy into the show’s plot – which was unusual back then – but the best part is that the day he was born, his mother’s character also gave birth to her son on air. ![]()
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