Just days before Vivian Vance passed away on August 17, 1979, Lucy and Mary Wickes paid a visit to an ailing Vivian at her Belvedere, California home. "We had brought Viv down and she was lying on the couch in the living room. They ate lunch and they talked and talked. Viv knew she was dying. The pain on her [Lucy's] face shook me to my core. She was in tears. She couldn't speak."—Paige Peterson "She cried about losing Viv for months after that. Viv was, in many ways, like a sister to my mother. She could talk to Mom like nobody else, and I don't think my mother could confide in many people the way she would with Viv."—Lucie Arnaz When asked by a reporter in 1986 if she ever got over the loss of such a dear friend, Lucy replied, "Oh, you know, you get over it to a point, but you always have memories–you always miss them." (Sources: People Magazine 11/25/20 and Redbook 1986) #lucilleball #vivianvance #marywickes #cancer #finalgoodbye #lastvisit #bestfriends #peoplemagazine #redbook #inremembrance #ilovelucy https://www.instagram.com/p/CSrsPndFiEL/?utm_medium=tumblr