The Truth About Lucille Ball And Vivian Vance's Relationship

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

Through years of being in showbusiness together, Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance stuck by each other. The same goes for their personal lives as their friendship never drifted even after they stopped working together. In some ways, it got even stronger with time.

In 1979, Vance was dying of bone cancer and she and Ball had a tearful last goodbye before Vance passed away. Author Paige Peterson, who'd grown close to Vance after the actress rented her mother's home in Belvedere, Calif., gave People an inside look at that intimate moment, which she witnessed from the other room.

"You could hear them laughing, and towards the end there was a lot of sobbing," Peterson told People. "It was an amazing thing to witness. The love of these two women." A few days later, Vance passed away and Ball was very distraught by the loss of her closest friend.

"She cried about losing Viv for months after that," said Lucie Arnaz, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (via People)."Viv was, in many ways, like a sister to my mother. She could talk to Mom like nobody else, and I don't think my mother could confide in many people the way she would with Viv."

Ball passed away about a decade later in 1989. The friendship these women shared and the legacy they left will live on forever, though.

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