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Article: Lucille Ball, Pioneer of Television Comedy, Dies at 77; `I Love Lucy' Series Still Brings Laughter to Millions 30 Years After First Run
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- The Washington Post
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- April 27, 1989
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Lucille Ball, 77, television's most enduring comedian whose
madcap escapades as Lucy Ricardo made the "I Love Lucy" show one of
the most popular in television history, died yesterday at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, one week after undergoing
emergency heart surgery.
Doctors said she died of a ruptured abdominal artery, a condition
unrelated to the surgery.
With her husband, Desi Arnaz, Miss Ball designed, produced and
starred in "I Love Lucy," which from 1951 through 1957 dominated the
Nielsen ratings as few television productions have done since. It
was rated first four times, second once and third once. Filmed
reruns, which were telecast in more than 75 foreign countries, ...