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Patricia Neal, 84, dies
Oscar-winning actress was plagued with strokes
By The Associated Press
KNOXVILLE. Tenn. Patricia Neal,
the willowy, husky voiced actress who won
an Academy Award for 1963’s “Hud" and
then survived several strokes to continue
acting, died on Sunday. She was 84.
Neal had lung cancer and died sur
rounded by her family at her home in
Edgar!own. Mass., on Martha's Vineyard.
"She faced her final illness as she had all
of the many trials she endured: with
indomitable grace, good humor and a great
deal of her sell-described stubbornness,"
her familv said in a statement.
Neai was already an award-winning
Broadway actress when she won her
Oscar ior her role as a housekeeper to the
Texas father ■ Melvyn Douglas) battling his
selfish, amoral son (Paul Newman).
Less rhau two years later, she suffered a
series of strokes in 1965 at age 39. Her
struggle to once again walk and talk is
regarded as epic in the annals of stroke
rehabilitation. She returned to the screen
to earn another Oscar nomination and
three Emmy nominations.
The Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center
that he lps people recover from strokes and
spinal cord and brain injuries is named for
her in Knoxville, where she grew up.
"She never forgot us after she went to
Hollywood," said 85-vear-old Bud Albers,
who graduated with Neal from Knoxville
High School in 1943, and still lives in the
citv.
Whenever she was in town, a bunch of
her friends would always get together and
have dinner. Albers said. She had wanted
to be i here ; w-xt week for a golf tournament
that benefits Uk* center he said.
"She was -o courageous." he said other
battling back from her illnesses and losing
her 7-year-old daughter to measles in 1962.
"She always fought back. She was very'
much an inspiration."
In her 1988 autobiography. "As I Am,"
she wrote. "Frequently my life has been
likened to a < iroek tragedy, and the actress
in me cannot deny that comparison."
Neai projected force that almost crack
led o;; ;> w’ ccn. Her forte was drama, but
she!’. : Ac touch that enabled her to do
■ he iemale leads in the 1949 film
verM-.m ol Ayn Rand's novel "The
Fountainhead." the classic 1951 science fic
tion aim "The Day the Earth Stood Still”
arid Elia Kazan's 1957 drama "A Face in the
Crowd. “
Stic made .•! grand return to the screen
allot rV cokes in 1968. winning an Oscar
nomination for her performance in "The
Subject Was Roses.
In r.R I she played Olivia Walton in " The
Homecutning. A Christmas Story," a made
for-TV film that set oil as the pilot for the
CBS series "The Waltons.” It brought her
the first of her three Emmy nominations.
"You can t give up." she said in a 1999
Associated Press interview. "You sure
want to, sometimes."
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.
Even before her illnesses, her life often
was touched by misfortune. Besides her
daughter’s dea’ii an infant son nearly died
in 1960 when his carriage was struck by a
taxi.
Neal also suffered a nervous breakdown,
and had an ill-fated affair with Gary
Cooper, who starred with her in “The
Fountainhead.
“I lived this secret life for several years.
I was so ashamed.” she told The New York
Times in. 1964.
The strokes a: first paralyzed her and
impaired her speech. After recovering, she
limped and had had vision in one eye. A
1991 biopic about w : travails starred
Glenda Jacks os; ’ -ai
Her family -aid her dedication to the
rehab center and advocacy for stroke suf
ferers was a great source of hope for them
and their families and a "constant inspira
tion to our family "
In 1999. she starred in her first feature
film in 10 years in the title role in Robert
Altman's "Cookie's Fortune."
She said at the time Shat movie offers
had been scarce in recent years.
"I don’t quite understand it. but nobody
calls me and nobody wants me. But I love
to act." Neal was born in a mining camp in
Packard. Ky. she daughter of a transporta
tion manager U r She South Coal & Coke
Co. After lea\ m. ; K-wxvilie. she attended
Northwestern S . ■ • Jo. and then struck
out for Broadway
]he Associated Press
Neal is escorted c> Kirk Douglas in 1949.
Matt Sayles/Associated Press
Members from “Vampire Diaries” accept the first award of seven at the Teen Choice Awards.
‘Vampires’ dominate ‘Choice’
By Derrik J. Lang
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
UNIVERSAL CITC Uaiif. Maybe they
should switch the name to the Vampire
Choice Awards?
Bloodsuckers struck another vein at t he
Teen Choice Awards with "The Twilight
Saga" ruling Monday's aired ceremony
with 12 wins, including choice fantasy
movie and villain, while "The Vampire
Diaries" sucked up seven surfboard
shaped trophies.,
“This is what this night is all about," said
a gothed-out Katy Perry. "Vampires. ”
The goofy "California Gurls" singer
hosted the show with the male stars of
"Glee.” Besides going goth, her costume
changes included, donning hippie garb
next to Kevin McHale. being crowned
prom queen with prom king Chris Colter,
geeking out with Mark Sailing and landing
a split as a cheerleader alongside Cory
Monteith.
"Tonight is my chance to go back to high
school," said Perry, “although this time
people actually like me." '
Voters continued to really like “Twilight"
stars Taylor Lautner and Robert
Pattinson, who were present U accept
their multiple awards, seemingly handed
out like candy at the freewheeiii
ny. Of Pattinson's four wins, one was actu
ally not related to the supernatural saga:
choice drama mo\ie s ; t for "Remember
Me."
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Twilight,'" said Pattinson, smiling.
The awards, which honor celebrities in
television. film, music and sports, were
selected by over 85 million votes cast
online. Other multiple winners included
"Gossip Girl," Ellen DeGeneres. "Pretty
Little Liars" and "Wizards of Waverly
Place" star Selena Gomez, who picked up
trophies in both TV and music categories.
Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian,
winners in the reality show and reality
stars categories for "Keeping Up with the
Kardashians,” were joined by their rarely
seen older sister: Cougar Kardashian, a
draged-up George Lopez sporting a dress,
wig and pair of heels. Teen sensation
Justin Bieber wasn’t in attendance at
Sunday's show to retrieve his four awards
though. Instead, footage was shown of
Shaquille O'Neal presenting Bieber with
his trophies for choice breakout artist,
male artist, summer music star and pop
album at his concert last month in Phoenix
before Bieber crooned "U Smile."
Taylor Swift also won four awards but
w asn't present to accept for choice female
country artist, country song for "Fifteen.”
country album for "Fearless" and break
out movie actress for "Valentine's Day."
Swift, how’ever, did appear in a taped
segment in which she mounted one of her
surfboard-shaped trophies in a lake.
Winners on hand included choice action
adventure movie actor Channing Tatum
for "G.I. Joe" and choice drama movie
actress Sandra Bullock for "The Blind
Side."
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