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Olivia Cole talks to friends of the legendary actress Patricia Neal, who died this week, about her marriage to Roald Dahl and the clan of writers and activists they raised.

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Patricia Neal, the Hollywood film star and actress, signed by Warner Brothers.

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Patricia Neal as Dominique Francon and Gary Cooper as Howard Roark

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Patricia Neal smiles at her new husband British writer Roald Dahl after their wedding at Trinity Church Chapel in New York, July 2, 1953.

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Patricia Neal as Mrs. Failenson, Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, and George Peppard as Paul 'Fred' Varjak

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Patricia Neal as Alma Brown and Paul Newman as Hud Bannon.

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Patricia Neal smiles with her husband, author Roald Dahl and two of their children outside their farmhouse.

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Patricia Neal, left, learning to read after having a stroke.

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Patricia Neal was still recovering from a series of strokes when she returned home from giving birth to her fifth baby, daughter Lucy, in England, August 4, 1965. Neal arrived from the Nuffield maternity home in Oxford, where the child was born 30 days previously.

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Patricia Neal receives the New York City Gold Medallion from actor Rock Hudson at the Waldorf-Astoria during a benefit for the brain injured on March 3, 1967.

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British author.

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President and executive director of Partners In Health.

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British screenwriter.

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English author and former model.

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Patricia Neal during an interview in Nashville, Tennessee on April 21, 2008.

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