Date: Thursday, July 21, 1977 Paper: San Diego Union (San Diego, California) Page: 2
LOS ANGELES—Desire [DeDe] Ball, 84-year-old mother of Lucille Ball and described as the comedienne’s greatest rooter and constant visitor to Lucy’s movie and television sets, has died of natural causes, a family spokesman said yesterday.
Mrs. Ball died Tuesday night at her home in the exclusive Brentwood area of West Los Angeles. She had had been in ill health for a number of years, the spokesman said.
Called DeDe by her daughter and friends, Mrs. Ball was active in show business herself at one time, starring as a concert pianist in Jamestown, N.Y.
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She was formerly buried here.
∼She was the mother of Lucille Ball.
Cause of Death: Old Age/natural cause
Date: Thursday, July 21, 1977 Paper: San Diego Union (San Diego, California) Page: 2
LOS ANGELES—Desire [DeDe] Ball, 84-year-old mother of Lucille Ball and described as the comedienne’s greatest rooter and constant visitor to Lucy’s movie and television sets, has died of natural causes, a family spokesman said yesterday.
Mrs. Ball died Tuesday night at her home in the exclusive Brentwood area of West Los Angeles. She had had been in ill health for a number of years, the spokesman said.
Called DeDe by her daughter and friends, Mrs. Ball was active in show business herself at one time, starring as a concert pianist in Jamestown, N.Y.
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She was formerly buried here.
∼She was the mother of Lucille Ball.
Cause of Death: Old Age/natural cause