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40 Fascinating Facts about Comedy’s Sweetheart, Lucille Ball

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13. She had a phobia of birds

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We all have our fears, even the Hollywood elite. Lucy was petrified of birds; a fear scientifically known as ornithophobia. She reportedly developed this fear the day that her father died. Shortly after he passed away, a bird flew into the room where the family was mourning. As you can imagine, the trapped bird caused an intense, panic-filled scene to unfold. That, combined with the trauma of losing her father, resulted in Lucy suffering from this fear for the rest of her life.

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