The Sun Never Sets on Lucille Ball…

Those words written above were spoken by the great entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. Even though today is September 1st and Lucille actually passed away on April 26th I am taking this opportunity to recognize the 20th anniversary of her passing. Her illuminating appeal has shined for more than half a century. She has been seen in over 80 countries…her three major TV series are available on DVD… From the zany little housewife that emerged from “My Favorite Husband” to the health crazed hip grandma she last played on “Life with Lucy” Lucille Ball put her heart and soul into everything she did. Her signature role is, was and always will be Lucy Ricardo and her crowning achievement is, was and always will be “I Love Lucy.” She drew her last breath twenty years ago this year…it hardly seems possible… The body that kept her on Earth may have stopped functioning but when she passed into God’s Eternal Kingdom in Heaven a part of her spirit entered each and everyone who loves her. George Burns said on the day she died that “she’s gone but she’s still here” and that is true because of her body of work. If you watch an episode of “I Love Lucy” now time stands still. For those brief moments you forget that the scene you are watching took place in 1954 and it is 2009. Her work saw no boundaries…her talent was limitless and she continues to gather a growing legion of fans all these years later… So Sammy was right the sun never does truly set on Lucille Ball. How could it? In recognition of twenty years without the original queen of comedy… In Memoriam Remembers: Lucille Ball

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