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   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 4/7/2021 5:37 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > A Friend wrote:   
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   >> BTW Lucy bought Desi out of Desilu in 1962 for $2.5 mil.  She sold her   
   >> stake to Paramount six years later for $17 million.   
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   > I doubt it was undervalued at the time, and maybe that was all the cash   
   > she could raise. I'll guess that the value was set during divorce.   
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   > I'm not sure why he wanted out of the studio as he knew what he was doing   
   > and we've always read that Lucy and Desi made excellent business partners   
   > even if they couldn't maintain a marriage.   
      
   In her biography, she said that Desi was drinking to excess at the time   
   and she could not stand it any more.   
       https://www.amazon.com/Desilu-Story-Lucille-Ball-Arnaz/dp/0062020013/   
      
   She also talked about the excessive costs of the Star Trek episodes at   
   over $200,000 each.  Way more than any other show that they were producing.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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