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Lucille Désirée Ball was born on the 6th of August 1911 in Jamestown, New York. Her family moved frequently during her early years to locations including Anaconda, Montana, Trenton, New Jersey, and Wyandotte, Michigan before settling in Celoron, New York.
Her father Henry Durrell Ball died of typhoid fever on the 28th of February 1915 at the age of 27 while the family lived in Wyandotte, Michigan. Lucille recalled little from that day except a bird getting trapped in the house which caused her lifelong ornithophobia.
I Love Lucy ran on CBS from the 15th of October 1951 to the 6th of May 1957 and dominated U.S. ratings for most of its run. The show achieved massive success with one episode airing on the evening of the 19th of January 1953 watched by 44 million viewers.
Ball registered to vote as a Communist in 1936 at her socialist grandfather's insistence and stated she never intended to vote as a Communist. She voluntarily met with HUAC investigator William A. Wheeler on the 4th of September 1953 to explain her registration and give sealed testimony.
Lucille Ball died at 5:47 a.m. PDT on Wednesday the 26th of April 1989 after losing consciousness following severe back pain. Doctors determined she had succumbed to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm following a 7-hour surgery to repair her aorta.