Desi Arnaz Jr. began his stellar life after being born into a family of legendary parents.
Later, he faced serious problems and dated a lot before finally settling down.
The actor had a child and a granddaughter, but he lost one of them before fans saw him in recent years.
Desi Jr. gained fame at a very young age before he began to struggle with addiction. After he got his life in order and stopped being a playboy, he got married. Since then, he has lost his granddaughter and now prefers to live in the shadows, suspending his career.
Desi Arnaz Jr. is the famous son of the late Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, who starred together in the TV series “I Love Lucy”. The series is of great importance in Desi Jr.’s life, as his mother became pregnant with him while filming it.
On January 19, 1953, viewers saw how in the sitcom Lucy Ricardo, the heroine of Lucille, gave birth to a son, Ricky Ricardo. Desi Jr., who is now 77 years old, once said that the episode was filmed four months before he was born. The show’s writers have already decided that Lucille’s child in the sitcom will be a boy.
The actress’ real son was born that Monday morning, and the episode about his birth aired the same evening. To clarify the situation with his birth, Desi Jr. explained: “Because it was in all the newspapers the next day, a lot of people thought I was born live.”
The audience continued to believe that Lucille’s son began his life with the role of Ricky, but this never happened. Instead, this character has been played by several different actors over the years. A few years later, after the filming of “I Love Lucy” was completed, Desi Jr.’s mother starred in the sitcom “Here Comes Lucy.”
Lucille was called the queen of television comedies because she starred in such series as The Lucy Show. In 1986, she returned, playing the main role in the ill-fated film “Life with Lucy”. Three years later, she died of cardiac arrest after open-heart surgery.
She was 77 years old when she left Desi Jr. an orphan, as his father had passed away a few years earlier. Despite the fact that Lucille’s son became an actor, he had personal problems, which caused him to suspend his career. One of his problems was addiction.
