Patricia
Americannoun
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The 81-year-old has played Queen Elizabeth, Alfred Hitchcock's wife and collaborator Alma Reville, and more recently the author Patricia Highsmith in "A Talent for Murder."
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Coroner Patricia Morgan told detectives to analyse a liver sample given to the police two years ago which was never tested, adding she wanted to explore "this further line of inquiry" before reaching a conclusion.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Patricia Farrell, the mother of Shaun Farrell, wrote on Facebook that it was "with heavy hearts that we share the news that our son, Shaun Farrell, has passed away to be with our Heavenly Father".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Rev. Patricia Coleman-Burns, a University of Michigan professor emerita who grew up in Detroit and has watched the region’s racial and political coalitions shift for more than 70 years, was a die-hard Stevens supporter.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Ellsberg left the papers with McGovern’s staff and flew home to tell Patricia the good news.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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