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Patti Newton confesses: ‘My 45-year-old tragic family secret’ – New Idea
Patti Newton has opened up about the tragic family secret which drove her back to television. She also explains how husband, Bert, overcame his terrifying health battle. It comes as Patti, 75, this week bravely bares all on Channel Seven’s The All New Monty: …
Married for almost 50 years, Bert and Patti are Australian couple royalty.
A year after Patti married Bert Newton, 82, in 1974, Berts beloved older sister, Alice passed away from cancer, aged 52. Bert, then a huge TV star, was devastated.
He loved her desperately and she died, Patti tells New Idea. But in her time all those years ago, it wasnt homed in on you to keep checking and to go and have mammograms.
Its now 45 years since her sad death, but Alice remains in the hearts of the Newtons. W…
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