The Man Who Invented Television, biographer Todd S. Purdum delves deep into the life of the man most know as Ricky Ricardo.

Desi Arnaz Jr. has spent most of his life avoiding the spotlight that once lit up every corner of his childhood. But People ...

Desi Arnaz’s life ricocheted between privilege and economic hardship, creative peaks and alcoholic lows — the stuff of high drama. But it was comedy that secured his legacy. The Cuban American ...

Desi Arnaz Jr. and especially Lucie Arnaz, who opened private family archives to the author. That access allows Purdum (who in 2018 chronicled another creative partnership, between Richard Rodgers ...

When Desi Arnaz came to Hollywood in the 1940s, it seemed unlikely that a Cuban refugee with a thick accent would ever be accepted by American viewers — let alone star in one of the most popular ...

Long overshadowed by his talented wife Lucille Ball, with whom he created ‘I Love Lucy,’ Arnaz is seen in Todd S. Purdum’s ...

When Desi Arnaz came to Hollywood in the 1940s, it seemed unlikely that a Cuban refugee with a thick accent would ever be accepted by American viewers — let alone star in one of the most popular TV ...