The Kennedy Center Honors Lucille Ball (Pt 3 of 3)

Desi Arnaz, who had just died five days earlier following a long bout with cancer, had written a touching statement for this event, which is read here by Robert Stack. (Lucy had to fly almost immediately to Washington following Desi's funeral in order to attend this event.) Lucy struggles to keep her composure, but the mood quickly changes when Bea Arthur, Valerie Harper and Pam Dawber come out for a musical tribute to Lucille Ball -- a musical medley of WILDCAT, MAME and I LOVE LUCY, set to special new lyrics. "I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't had this thing to keep me occupied. Desi died and my show got canceled. If I hadn't had this, if I hadn't this reassurance that I was still wanted, I don't think that I could have gone on." -- Lucille Ball, speaking about the Kennedy Center Honors. This is the final of three parts. The links to the first two parts are as follows: PART 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0Y9b-GBjIdE PART 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=5G9GCDU_yK4 For a special eleven-part Lucille Ball tribute of a different sort, check out the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJhBGGx9Nhk