One of the last photographs of Lucille Ball (hi-res scan)

            Lucille Ball on the red carpet at the 61st Annual Academy Awards, 1989.

Photo taken at 61st Academy Awards 3/29/89 at Lucy's last public appearance.  She died less than a month later on 4/26/89.  At the time I took these photos of her I wanted to say hello, but she was already being approached by several other people and looked confused, so I stayed back.  I didn't want to add to her disorientation.

One of the coolest things about this day was, as I was putting on my tux at the hotel getting ready to go to this Oscars show, an old black and white I LOVE LUCY episode was playing on the TV.  I knew Lucy was scheduled to be at the show and I looked forward to seeing her in person.  It was a bit surreal.

 - Permission granted to copy, publish or post anywhere but please credit "photo by Alan Light".

High resolution scan of the original 35MM film negative - 256 pixels/inch.

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Taken on: March 1, 1989

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Sets appears in: • My superstar photos • 61st Academy Awards (1989)

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Camera: Noritsu S2 Film Scanner (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Noritsu S2 Film Scanner
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
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