Oscar winner Patricia Neal dies aged 84

By The Newsroom

Published 9th Aug 2010, 16:03 BST

Updated 9th Aug 2010, 22:31 BST

ACTRESS Patricia Neal, who won an Academy Award for 1963 drama Hud and then survived several strokes, has died aged 84.

Neal, who had lung cancer, died at her home in Edgartown, Massachusetts.

Less than two years after winning the Academy Award, she suffered a series of strokes at the age of 39. Her struggle to regain walking and talking is regarded as epic in the annals of stroke rehabilitation.