Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV was born in the United States on January 19, 1953. Professionally, he is better known by his stage name, Desi Arnaz Jr. His parents are the famous actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

Linda Purl is an American actress and singer who was born in the United States. Purl was born to Raymond Charles Arthur Purl, an executive in the chemical industry, and Marshelline “Marshie” Purl on September 2, 1955, in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, in the United States of America.

What happened to Desi Arnaz Jr and Linda Purl? Divorce explained

Purl has gone through a total of four marriages. Her first husband was the American actor Desi Arnaz Jr., whom she wed in 1979. He is Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s son and their only child together. Purl filed for divorce on January 3, 1980, and she was granted custody of their children later that year.

Purl’s brief marriage to Desi Jr., which lasted only a year, ended in part because of the latter’s struggles with substance abuse and addiction. It was ultimately what prompted Arnaz to check himself into Scripps Memorial Hospital in 1982 so that he could begin the process of recovering from his illness.