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 …
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