Gary Morton

Not merely the second husband of redhead comedian Lucille Ball (after she divorced Desi Arnaz), Morton was a talented comic in his own right, working as a stand-up entertainer at nightclubs in New York, Miami, Chicago, Las Vegas and the "Borscht Belt". Lucy (who died in 1989) brought him to Hollywood and he had another full career in television, not only as an actor but also as executive producer and audience warm-up comedian of her post-I Love Lucy shows: The Lucy Show (1962-1968), Here's Lucy (1968-1974) and the brief Life With Lucy (1986). Morton died March 30 in Rancho Mirage, Calif., from lung cancer. From This is True for 28 March 1999 Suggestions for further reading: Love, Lucy by Lucille Ball Amazon Price: $7.99 Customer Review: I absolutely love this book! It is well written and feels as if Lucy herself telling you her life story. I could not put it down, it was so good. I kept telling my husband that it was like watching Lucy's life, it was really well written. I love Lucy...   Laughs, Luck...and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All ... by Jess Oppenheimer, Gregg Oppenheimer Amazon Price: Customer Review: Lucy and Desi started on radio. They wanted to move to TV but had been turned down by everyone and had to pay to make their own TV pilot. Lucy was going ballistic and driving the writers crazy. Greg Oppenheimer came in and provided the firm hand that...   Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz by Coyne S. Sanders, Tom Gilbert Amazon Price: $10.19 Customer Review: I read this book more as a fan of 50's tv and the historic aspects than as a big Lucy fan. To be honest, I like the old Lucy show, especially the one-hour concept at the end, but have never been a super big Lucy fan. From that POV I did...   2011 I Love Lucy Wall Calendar Amazon Price: $13.49   Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball by Stefan Kanfer Amazon Price: Customer Review: So.... if I choose a subject matter, and then read several different books about that subject matter, and then summarize all the facts (while managing to get many of them wrong because I have no real understanding of what I'm writing about in the fir...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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