Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Actress Lucille Ball died April 26, 1989 from an abdominal aortic aneurysm. At the time of her death, she was in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center recovering from emergency surgery performed just six days earlier because of a dissecting aortic aneurysm near her heart. Ball was at increased risk, as she had been a heavy smoker for decades.
Lucille Ball
Ball appeared on the cover of "TV Guide" more than any other person; she appeared on 39 covers, including the first cover in 1953 with her baby son, Desi Arnaz, Jr. "TV Guide" voted Lucille Ball as the 'Greatest TV Star of All Time' and it later commemorated the 50th anniversary of "I Love Lucy" with eight collector covers celebrating memorable scenes from the show. In another instance it named "I Love Lucy" the second-best television program in American history, after "Seinfeld".