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Remembering Taylor Negron and Lucille Ball
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Dan Carino
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Aug 1, 2009
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Remembering Taylor Negron and Lucille Ball
In the late 1970s, actor and writer Taylor Negron, who died Saturday, took a class from the First Lady of Comedy. Negron shares a side of Lucy that few people ever saw.
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Still from "Fast Times At Ridgemont High"
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In the late 1970s, actor and writer Taylor Negron, who died Saturday, took a class from the First Lady of Comedy. Negron shares a side of Lucy that few people ever saw.

UPDATE 1/12/15: Performer Taylor Negron died Saturday of cancer at the age of 57. In 2007, he recorded this story, about Lucille Ball giving acting and life lessons, for Off-Ramp.