Sitcom Survivors-- Part 5: The Honeymooners and I Love Lucy

THE HONEYMOONERS ( 1955-1956)

Only one of the four main people from the short-lived show survives: Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton).  Jackie Gleason (Ralph Kramden) Audrey Meadows (his wife, Alice) and Art Carney (Trixie's husband Ed) have passed.

I LOVE LUCY ( 1951-1957)

Series stars Lucille Ball (Lucy Ricardo), Desi Arnaz (her husband Ricky), Vivian Vance (Ethel Mertz) and William Frawley (her husband Fred) have been gone for some time, at least one somewhat regular on the show is still alive-- Keith Thibodeaux, credited as Richard Keith when he played Little Ricky in teh show's final season.  Coincidentally, Keith later appeared on another show on this list, as Opie Taylor's friend Johnny Paul Jason on "The Andy Griffith Show,"

--DaCoot