3. Aretha Franklin suffers from aviophobia.
Aretha Franklin is one of the many celebs who suffer from the fear of flying. “The last time I flew was in ’82. I had such a bad flight,” the queen of soul told Time magazine in 2010. “The flight was dipsy-doodlng up and down all the way home. I said, ‘Oh my God, when I get to Detroit, that’s it. That is it.’ And I have not flown since.”
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