Lucille Ball (1911-1989)

On April 26, 1989 Lucille Ball
passed away due to an aortic aneurysm at the age of  77.
Her career spanned over five decades, in which she was
nominated for an Emmy Award 13 times, winning four times, while becoming one of
the first recipients of the Women in Film Crystal Awards. She was also awarded a
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, honored by the Kennedy Center, the
Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, while also
achieving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Besides becoming a pop culture
icon due to her television career, Ball also made history in becoming the first
woman to run a major television studio, Desilu, which was responsible for the
production of “Star Trek” and “Mission Impossible.” She was survived by two
children from her marriage with Desi
Arnaz.