Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, better known as Desi Arnaz, Sr., was born on Mar. 2, 1917. Of course, people all over the world know him best as Lucille Ball’s former husband and from their television comedy series I Love Lucy.

Arnaz was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1986 and died on Dec. 2, 1986, at the age of 69.