Pattie Coldwell

Pattie Coldwell (14 May 1952 – 17 October 2002) was a British TV presenter and journalist.
Born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, she attended Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for Girls before working as a secretary and starting in local television (Granada TV) as a reporter and presenter. She progressed to nationally networked programmes, such as "Nationwide", "Open Air", "Loose Women" and, on BBC Radio 4, "You and Yours". Her premature death resulted from a brain tumour at the age of 50; she had had breast cancer previously.
Her boyfriend for several years was the historian and broadcaster Michael Wood. She was married twice and had a daughter Dannie (born 1992) with her first husband, the presenter Tony Kerner.