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Olivia Dahl was the eldest child of the author Roald Dahl and the actress Patricia Neal. She died of measles in 1962 at age seven, and her father became a vaccination advocate after her death.
Feb 3, 2015 · Roald Dahl 's heartbreaking essay about losing his daughter Olivia to measles in 1962 has resurfaced following the outbreak of the disease in the US. Writing in 1986, 24 years after his...
May 28, 2020 · Author Roald Dahl's oldest child, daughter Olivia, contracted measles when she was seven years old. Her illness resulted in a rare but serious complication: measles encephalitis, an inflammation...
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Feb 18, 2021 · Patricia Neal learnt her seven-year-old daughter, Olivia, had died in the most brutal of ways. The “gentle” little girl had been taken to hospital after contracting a complication of measles ...
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.
Jul 10, 2014 · The BFG, a children's book by Roald Dahl, is a love letter to his daughter Olivia, who died of measles at seven. The book features a giant who blows dreams and a girl who teaches him to write, and ends with Dahl revealing his own name as the author.
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.
