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"Actress Patricia Neal has passed away aged 84 after losing her battle with lung cancer. The Oscar winner died at her home in Edgartown on Sunday. Her death was confirmed by friend Edward S. Albers. Neal won an Academy Award in 1963 for her role in Hud, playing a tough housekeeper who would not succumb to Paul Newman&amp;#039;s characters charms. She was forced to give up acting two years later after a series of strokes, which left her semi-paralysed and unable to talk. However, after a lengthy spell in rehabilitation she returned to screens to win numerous Oscar and Emmy nominations. Neal&amp;#039;s credits included The Day The Earth Stood Still, A Face In The Crowd, The Subject Was Roses and Robert Altman&amp;#039;s Cookie&amp;#039;s Fortune. Her last screen credit came in the 2009 drama Flying By. Born in Tennessee, Neal was married to author Roald Dahl for 30 years and is the grandmother of model and TV star Sophie Dahl. The day before she died her family revealed in a statement that Neal had said: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve had a lovely time.&amp;quot; They added: &amp;quot;She faced her final illness as she had all of the many trials she endured, with indomitable grace, good humour and a great deal of her self-described stubbornness.&amp;quot; She is survived by her four children, Tessa, Ophelia, Theo and Lucy, a brother, Pete Neal, a sister Margaret Anne VanderNoord, 10 grandchildren and step grandchildren and a great-grandchild. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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