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Alex: The Life of a Child is a biography and film about the life and death of Alexandra Deford from cystic fibrosis. After her death in 1980 at the age of eight, her father, Frank Deford , a sportswriter, was inspired to write a memoir about Alex three years later.
With Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Gennie James, Danny Corkill. Alexandra Deford, a precious and precocious girl, was just eight years old when she died in 1980 following a battle against the debilitating effects of cystic fibrosis, the number-one genetic killer of children.
Based on true events, 'Alex: The Life of a Child' follows former 'Sports Illustrated' writer Frank Deford and his wife Carole when their happy, all-American family is rocked to the core when their baby daughter Alex is diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis.
Based on sportswriter Frank Deford's (Craig T. Nelson) book about his 8-year-old daughter (Gennie James) dying with grace of cystic fibrosis.
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Touching but melancholy dramatization of real-life sportswriter Frank Delford's book about his eight-year-old daughter's losing battle with cystic fibrosis, with Craig T. Nelson and Bonnie Bedelia as the grieving parents and Gennie James as the young girl. Carol Evan McKeand and Nigel McKeand...
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1 hr 40 mins. Drama, Family. NR. Watchlist. Taken from the book by Frank Deford, this fact-based drama recounts his spirited daughter's battle against cystic fibrosis. Gennie...
