‘Lucy’ writer dies at 90

Associated Press

Madelyn Pugh Davis, a screenwriter who co-created the lines and slapstick that Lucille Ball brought to life in TV’s classic comedy “I Love Lucy,” has died. She was 90. Davis died Wednesday at her home in the Bel-Air neighborhood of Los Angeles after a brief illness, her son, Michael Quinn Martin, said Thursday.

Davis and her longtime writing partner, Bob Carroll Jr., crafted all episodes for the hit CBS TV sitcom’s first four years before they were joined by two other writers, said Lucie Arnaz, Ball’s daughter.

Arnaz recalled Davis as “such a girlie girl, a lady,” someone who understood how to write for a woman.