Desi Arnaz’s life ricocheted between privilege and economic hardship, creative peaks and alcoholic lows — the stuff of high drama. But it was comedy that secured his legacy. The Cuban American ...

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 & ...

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 ...

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 ...

Like just about everyone who grew up at a time when a few networks decided what Americans watched on their television sets, author Todd S. Purdum knew all of the antics of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...