Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'Lucille Ball was like a mother to me'

Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'Lucille Ball was like a mother to me' Arnold Schwarzenegger adored working with Lucille Ball and described her as being "like a mother" to him. 26 March 2026 Lucille Ball was "like a mother" to Arnold Schwarzenegger. Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger The actor, 78, recalled how comedienne Lucille - who died of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in April 1989 aged 77 - phoned his gym the day after the Hollywood icon saw Arnold on The Merv Griffin Show and asked him to audition for a masseur in her 1974 TV film, Happy Anniversary and Goodbye.