Desiree S. Anzalone, the great-granddaughter of the legendary Lucille Ball, has sadly passed away at the young age of 31 after a battle with stage 4 breast cancer.
The family confirmed to People that Desiree died on September 27 at Smilow Cancer Center in Connecticut, just weeks after her 31st birthday. Desiree was the first great-grandchild of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Sr. She was the granddaughter of Desi Arnaz Jr. and the daughter of Julia Arnaz and Mario Anzalone. Julia told People that Desiree died “peacefully” and that “watching her slip away was just, I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.
No mother should have to watch that.” “She was so special. All our children are special, but this little girl was something else,” she adds.
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