newspapers - back when newspapers were important and big cities had 11 or 15 of them - carried the headline, ‘Lucy Ricardo Has a Boy; Lucille Ball Has a Boy' on their front page. In later years ...

A small sampling of Lucille’s Ball’s many facial expressions. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collectio/Library of Congress One of the more “revolutionary” moments ...

Lucille Ball poses with two young children at the Skateland Roller Rink in Celoron Park in the 1950s. The young boy is Russ Zimmer, the brother of Brad Zimmer, who reminisces about his childhood ...

CBS Photo Archive/Getty; Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill/Instagram Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s daughter celebrated her younger brother’s birthday this week with a heartwarming message on Instagram ...