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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. The book depicts Alex's determination to make the best of her circumstances and ...
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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.
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- Robert Markowitz
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- Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Gennie James
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 James. Deford: Craig...
Jan 5, 2010 · Alex, the life of a child. by. Deford, Frank; Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Publication date. 1983. Topics. Deford, Alexandra, 1971-1980, Cystic fibrosis in children, Terminally ill children. Publisher. Baltimore, Md. : Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Based on sportswriter Frank Deford's (Craig T. Nelson) book about his 8-year-old daughter (Gennie James) dying with grace of cystic fibrosis.
- Drama
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