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The War of the Lucille Ball Statues

Crushing It

Lucille Ball’s hometown had a problem: Its ‘scary’ first statue of the comedy legend became a massive tourist attraction. What happened next could be a sketch all its own.

Tim Teeman
Tim Teeman 

Senior Editor and Writer

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