Oscar winner Patricia Neal dies at 84

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Oscar winner Patricia Neal dies at 84

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10 August,2010 07:25 am

Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal died Sunday at home in Edgartown. She was 84. Neal had lung cancer and died surrounded by her family.Her career started in New York theater in the 1940s, when she won a handful of awards, including a Tony, for her turn in Lillian Hellmans Another Part of the Forest. She signed with Warner Bros. and moved to Hollywood, but the hot period of her film career lasted only a few years. In 1953, she married Roald Dahl, the British writer famed for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach and other tales for children. They had five children. They divorced in 1983 after she learned he was having an affair with her best friend and he died in 1990.The strokes at first paralyzed her and impaired her speech. After recovering, she limped and had bad vision in one eye. Her family said her dedication to the rehab center and advocacy for stroke sufferers was a great source of hope for them and their families and a constant inspiration to our family.