Desi Arnaz, who co-starred with ex-wife Lucille Ball in television’s ″I Love Lucy,″ left the majority of his estate to the couple’s children, Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill, and Desi Arnaz Jr.

The Cuban-born Arnaz, who played bandleader Ricky Ricardo in the 1950s sitcom, died of lung cancer in December at age 69. His will was filed recently in San Diego County Superior Court.

Arnaz left $250,000 to his 91-year-old mother and defined that all other property and cash be distributed equally between his children, both performers.

There was no mention in the will of the worth of the estate, but Arnaz and Miss Ball gathered a fortune from their Desilu production company and 30 years of residuals from ″I Love Lucy″ reruns.

When the couple divorced after 20 years of marriage in 1960, Miss Ball purchased half of Desilu for $60 million.

Arnaz and Miss Ball remained close friends after their divorce. She visited him a week before he died.

Arnaz’s second wife, Edith, died in 1985. Miss Ball has been married to Gary Morton since 1961.

What Was His Net Worth When He Died?

Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader. 

He was born on March 2, 1917, and died on December 2, 1986. 

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Arnaz’s estimated net worth is $20million.

He is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the sitcom I Love Lucy, which he co-starred with his wife, Lucille Ball, at the time.

He co-founded the television company Desilu Productions and produced several TV series. 

He was also the leader of the Latin music band Desi Arnaz Orchestra. 

At 69-years-old, Arnaz died from lung cancer. 

Does Desi Arnaz Have Children?

Arnaz had two children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., both with Lucille Ball.

On January 19, 1953, Desi was born in Los Angeles, California.

He is an actor and musician whose birth was one of the most publicized in TV history.

Lucie was born on July 17, 1951, in Los Angeles, California.

She is an American actress who played Kim Carter in I Love Lucy.

What was the reason for Lucille Ball’s and Desi Arnaz’s divorce?

Ball tried to split from her on-screen hubby, Arnaz, in 1944 over his excessive drinking and infidelity.

When the couple realized they could make a lot of money in the entertainment industry by working together on projects, they reconciled for a while.

Lucille eventually became a star in the 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy and has pictured her husband as the only person who could play her on-screen lover in the hit family comedy.

Unfortunately, the show wasn’t enough to save their marriage and Lucille filed for divorce in 1960.

How Much Did Desi Arnaz Make from I Love Lucy?

Desi Arnaz starred as the male lead of I Love Lucy for 180 half-hour episodes from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957. 

He played Ricky Ricardo, the band leader at a nightclub. Each episode would see Ricky’s wife, Lucy Ricardo (played by Arnaz’s real-life wife, Lucille Ball), concocting various schemes with her best friends to appear with her husband at his job. 

After I Love Lucy ended in 1957, Ball and Arnaz starred in three seasons of their spinoff, The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show, which was later retitled as The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour. 

For four of its six seasons, I Love Lucy was the most-watched show in America and was the first series ever to end its run at the top of Nielsen’s rating.

I Love Lucy has been syndicated in dozens of languages worldwide, with more than 40 million viewers each year. 

A re-aired, colorized version of its Christmas episode was watched by more than eight million viewers on CBS in 2013. 

The show, which was the first scripted TV series to be shot on 35mm film in front of a live studio audience, won five Emmys and was voted the “Best TV Show of All Time” in a survey conducted by ABC News and People magazine in 2012.

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