Pattie Coldwell
Pattie Coldwell | |
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Born | Patricia Ann Coldwell 14 May 1952 Clitheroe, Lancashire |
Died | 17 October 2002 Newbury, Berkshire | (aged 50)
Nationality | English |
Occupation(s) | Radio and Television presenter |
Spouses | Tony Kerner
(m. 1991; div. 1997)Evan John (m. 2002) |
Partner | Michael Wood |
Patricia Ann Coldwell (14 May 1952 – 17 October 2002), known as Pattie Coldwell, was a British
Early life
Patricia Ann Coldwell was born on 14 May 1952 in Clitheroe, Lancashire, the daughter of Eunice (née Salter) and Gordon Ellison Coldwell, a policeman. She attended Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for Girls before working as a secretary.[1]
Career
Coldwell started her career in local television on
While presenting the consumer series Out Of Order, Coldwell met her first husband, journalist Tony Kerner. She presented several DIY series, such as On The House , for the BBC, and Doing It Up, for Meridian, which she presented with her husband. The series won a New York television award.[1]
In 1997, Coldwell hosted the interview show Espresso, on
Personal life and death
While Coldwell was working for Granada Television in the 1970s, she met historian and broadcaster Michael Wood, then working at the BBC in Manchester. The pair went on to have a ten-year relationship.[2]
Coldwell married presenter Tony Kerner in 1991 in Camden, London.[3] In 1992, she had a daughter, Dannie, from the marriage.[4] Six years later, the marriage ended in divorce.[5] In 2002, she married fisherman Evan John, in Newbury, Berkshire, having met him on a family holiday on the Caribbean Island of Bequia in 1998.[2][6][5]
Coldwell's death resulted from a
She continued to work until her death, and in her final months wrote about how she lived with
"I went to bed in a sulk and found myself riveted to a documentary about Thalidomide 40 years on. The drug was given to pregnant women to stop morning sickness. The tragic outcome was that several hundred children were born without arms and legs – and I think I've got problems ... Many have developed successful careers. . . One's a club entertainer who brought the house down when he boasted about getting to the front of the queue at Homebase on a Bank Holiday weekend with his mobility sticker. It's wonderful to see barriers broken down about disability through laughter. It brought me back to realising how lucky I am."
External links
- Broadcaster Pattie Coldwell dies, BBC, 18 October 2002.
- Pattie Coldwell: Courageous crusader, BBC, 18 October 2002.
- Obituary, The Times, 19 October 2002, subscription required.
- Obituary, The Guardian, 31 October 2002.
- Pattie Coldwell obituary, The Independent, 19 October 2002.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Howard, John (31 October 2002). "Obituary: Pattie Coldwell". the Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Hayward, Anthony (19 October 2002). "Pattie Coldwell: Radio and television presenter with a gravelly voice and an outspoken manner". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "FreeBMD Entry Info". www.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ News, Manchester Evening (17 February 2007). "Stars pay tribute to TV's Pattie". Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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- ^ General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 319; Page: 304. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 [database on-line].
- ^ General Register Office; United Kingdom. England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2021 [database on-line].