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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Olivia_DahlOlivia Dahl - Wikipedia

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   Olivia Dahl. Olivia Twenty Dahl (20 April 1955 – 17 November 1962) was the oldest child of the author Roald Dahl and the American actress Patricia Neal. She died at the age of seven from encephalitis caused by measles, before a vaccine against the disease had been developed. Roald Dahl's books James and the Giant Peach (1961) and The BFG ...

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3. www.independent.co.uk › news › peopleRoald Dahl's heartbreaking essay about his daughter Olivia ...

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   Feb 3, 2015 · The author wrote about his grief and the importance of vaccinations in 1986, 24 years after his seven-year-old daughter died of measles complications. His letter has resurfaced amid the US outbreak of the disease and the debate on immunisation.

4. www.biography.com › authors-writers › roald-dahlRoald Dahl's Daughter Tragically Died From Measles at Seven ...

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   May 28, 2020 · Photo: Leonard McCombe/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images. Author Roald Dahl's oldest child, daughter Olivia, contracted measles when she was seven years old. Her illness resulted in a rare ...

5. www.nytimes.com › 2022/04/14 › movies‘To Olivia’ Review: Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal Cope With ...

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   Apr 14, 2022 · This drama, often touching but also vexing, recounts the lives of the children’s book author Roald Dahl and the actress Patricia Neal when their 7-year-old daughter, Olivia, died of ...

6. www.mirror.co.uk › news › uk-newsInside Roald Dahl's darkest hours after tragic death of ...

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   Feb 18, 2021 · The couple’s youngest daughter Lucy, born in 1965, three years after Olivia’s death, recalled the magical land to rival those in her father’s stories. She once described: “The grave was ...

7. www.bustle.com › entertainment › oliva-dahl-cause-ofHow Did Olivia Dahl Die? - Bustle

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   Feb 18, 2021 · Olivia Dahl, the eldest daughter of Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal, died of measles encephalitis at age seven in 1962. Her father wrote an essay about her death and dedicated two books to her memory, while her life story is portrayed in Sky's drama To Olivia.

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   What books did Roald Dahl write about Olivia?

   • Roald Dahl's books James and the Giant Peach (1961) and The BFG (1982) were dedicated to Olivia. As a result of her death, her father Roald became an advocate for vaccination and wrote the pamphlet "Measles: A Dangerous Illness" in 1988.

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   What did Dahl say about Olivia's death?

   • In the letter, Dahl described it as "almost a crime to allow your child to go unimmunised". His wife Patricia Neal, who was Olivia's mother, said that Dahl was so devastated by Olivia's death that he never spoke about it. In a recently discovered private notebook kept by Dahl, he wrote about the moment he was told Olivia had died. "Got to hospital.

   Roald Dahl's heartbreaking essay about his daughter Olivia dying of

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   Who are Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal?

   • This drama, often touching but also vexing, recounts the lives of the children’s book author Roald Dahl and the actress Patricia Neal when their 7-year-old daughter, Olivia, died of complications from measles in 1962. Dahl and Neal — portrayed by Hugh Bonneville and Keeley Hawes — are raising their children Olivia, Tessa and Theo in rural England.

   ‘To Olivia’ Review: Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal Cope With Tragedy

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9. www.roalddahlfans.com › about-dahl › articles“Dealing with Olivia’s Death” – Roald Dahl Fans

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   Patricia Neal, the Oscar-winning actress and Roald Dahl's first wife, shares her memories of Olivia, their eldest daughter who died of measles encephalitis in 1962. She recounts how she coped with the tragedy, how Roald Dahl grieved, and how they honored Olivia's life.