Death of Lucille Ball news coverage

From CFRN-TV April 26, 1989.

[@marytate6637]

I'm writing that the current year is 2024 and it's now been 35 years that have passed since Lucille Ball died in 1989. I Love lucy began airing reruns in syndication in January 1967 and it's now the year 2024 and it's now been in syndication for 58 years.

[@vlobascio]

i was born in 1955 and watched I Love Lucy growing up. They stopping production in 1957 so if it wasn't in syndication until 1967, and I wasn't watching it live, what was I watching then?

[@nancydavis4618]

Liz Taylor couldn’t stand Lucy, neither could Richard Burton

[@spitfireaace]

Gale Gordon never another like him.

[@Yolanda_Ortiz]

I was admitted in the hospital when she passed. I loved Lucy so much my brother called me to see if I was ok

[@jamesfox2579]

The One and ONLY - Lucille Ball!💕

[@stephenr3910]

When she died, friends from college actually called me to offer sympathy since they all knew I was a fan.

[@sashineb.2114]

I heard about her death on the 11 am radio news but when I got home from work, and the 6 pm news came on with the story, I burst into tears. It was so hard to believe she was suddenly gone.

[@debraphilip6173]

Friends and family sent me condolences when she died. Like a part of my own family😢

[@lorakendall4940]

I love Lucy I'm sad she's gone. RIP LUCY‼️🙏🙏🙏

[@lrod4349]

This made me so tearful 😢 💔

[@vlobascio]

I was in my car when I hear the news, and I had to pull over because I was crying so hard.

[@aaronjones9259]

....😢😢...💔💔💔💔😭😭😭......my favorite queen of comedy

[@fred36956]

It was Lucy's decision as head of Desilu Studios to give the go to fund the pilots and episodes of the original Star Trek.

[@noahsimpson7280]

Miss her

[@LeoChiu229]

Back then, me & my cat enjoyed watching the hilarious "I Love Lucy" show for years & it always keeps my cat's ears up like an owl🦉🦉 LOL ❤❤😸😸

[@violetpaing4602]

There will never be another person who can make you laugh,I love Lucy and I am sure she is in heaven resting peacefully.

[@aidacintron3057]

For me this is so sad,I miss her so much,RIP amen 🙏 😢😢😢❤

[@DamirBabic-xc5po]

No lucy! 🥺😢❤ She,s a true light of the show 😢🙏❤

[@palmtreegal3943]

post more of lucy, thanks

[@TVcommercials-extra-ms9tp]

I only had one more news segment but it's already up another channel. If I find anything else, I'll put it up.

[@davemathews7890]

When Lucy died, all of the queens in my neighborhood erected an impromptu memorial to her.

[@UrBoiEthanMikl]

It's always the best that get taken from us too soon...

[@MarkWeber-r5r]

Poor Lucy Ball, my condition to her family. Last time, I visited her dressing room trailer at the Universital Studios in Hollywood, CA in the 1970s.❤ 🌟 🌸

[@wandajanetrusett]

Rest in peace

[@hilarioph]

I Love Lucy was aired on RPN 9 in the Philippines I think back in 1989 or 1990. But they didn't know Lucille Ball was dead when RPN 9 continued airing I Love Lucy until the final episode

[@Michael-uu9nv]

My teacher in high school said she met Lucy and she said Lucy very stuck up acting.

[@vlobascio]

think about it, they had to learn to keep boundaries because fans can be so obnoxious and dont respect personal space.

[@Michael-uu9nv]

@@vlobascio we must remember they are human just like everyone else.

[@vlobascio]

@@Michael-uu9nv yes and your point for this is?

[@Michael-uu9nv]

@@vlobascio why do you even care? We are all human beings don't forget that.

[@gaylaaucoin9075]

😢😢❤❤❤❤❤

[@auroraskywalker4475]

Lost all respect for her when i read in an article she would not give her time to people who had less than her and only gave respect to other stars like herself! 😡👎🏻

[@sunflower-f1k]

I was her nurse!

[@milagrosreed7725]

So interesting, tell me about it.

[@minouche5702]

Plz post more new subbie

[@TVcommercials-extra-ms9tp]

Most of my postings will be on my main channel: kzbin.info/door/jFvYLIUFrtW_9cFQFzq__g. This channel is where I'm posting some other stuff I found that aren't commercials.

[@EliTree-sf1ru]

I don't like this message 🙁 my condolences to her family & friends 💐 I have watched countless hours of her performances in various works, including movies such as The Long LongTrailer .. 😇 ❤ 😇

[@JUANIBOTERO]

I miss Lucy

[@ggeorge4144]

I will never understand why the passing of a famous person is any more tragic than an unknown person. I will never forget when JFK Jr died. The news said he was a very special person, my daughter said: "I think my dad is a very special person". Everyone dies and no one's death is any more tragic than anyone eleses. More people will be sad because more people knew and loved that person. I grew up with that tv show and enjoyed it very much. However, the passing of my parents was more tragic than that of a movie star I never knew or had a relationship with.

[@TVcommercials-extra-ms9tp]

I don't get it either.

[@LJ-ht4zs]

I was a teenager when JFK was killed and I still tear up today - I loved Lucille Ball and appreciated the love and laughter she gave to me and to the world - watching I Love Lucy (again) got me thru the Covid period of isolation

[@LJ-ht4zs]

Also, I am not a fan type person - either movie, tv, music stars - I appreciated their gifts but I did love Lucy and still do today.

[@bigskypioneer1898]

90% agree. The other 10%... I suspect it's for 2 reasons - 1) usually a lot of people's lives were affected one way or another by said famous person and its an acknowledgement that the famous person won't be a part of our lives anymore. I still miss knowing that someone like Lucille Ball is out there finding new ways to make people laugh and feel good. 2) But *mostly* it tends to remind us of our mortality, rich or poor, good or bad, criminal or saint... we all die. It's the great equalizer.

[@andyheller2691]

I understand what your saying and agree in part. That being said people feel a connection to a particular celebrity that they like and have watched or listened to for many years and often know things about them more then some people they know. I liked Sean Connery for 40 years and when he died I felt a little sad, but not like I would have had a personal loved one died. I do think some people go overboard on celebrity deaths and completely fall apart and that I wonder about. Celebrities are people too and their deaths are unwanted as anyone else's death.

[@kellypolfleit3942]

Year?

[@nancydavis4618]

I loved her til both of her kids say she was a horrible tyrant to both of them and Desi

[@robertashagam1599]

Did jfk cheat on his wife? Not so special person…

[@LJ-ht4zs]

They both cheated on each other. I still loved JFK. When he was running for President when I was age 15, I took two buses by myself to see him at the Yonkers Train Station. To this day, if there is a program about the assassination it still makes me cry. I have lost my grandparents, parents, aunts & uncles, brothers and nephews and a niece. They all meant something to me. However, I can still feel deeply abt. JFK and Lucille Ball. (the only star I have a deep feeling for all these years later. First saw her in 1951 watched all the I Love Lucy Shows to get me thru Covid-19 lock down. And after that went into her film history and saw about 10 - 15 movies i had never seen before and thoroughly enjoyed them.

[@brianc939]

Her whining was SOOOOOOO ANNOYING. She wasn't that funny

[@LJ-ht4zs]

I Love Lucy came out in Oct of 1951 and was in about 70 countries in re-runs. The show is still running today Dec 2023. I guess a lot of people felt/ feel she was/is funny.

[@LadyRockville]

Agreed

[@travisjames3517]

Her whining got old real fast. The success of ILL was because of ALL four of the performers, not just her.

[@guyinsf]

@@travisjames3517 I would say it was mostly her.

[@williamslater-o5b]

​@travisjames3517 Desi Arnaz once said Lucy was the show. William Frawley, Vivian Vance and himself were just props. Good props, but props never the less.