Roald Dahl Wrote This Painful Plea For Vaccinations After His Own Daughter Died Of Measles - 0 views
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Lottie Peppers on 09 Feb 15Author Roald Dahl penned a heartbreaking letter in 1988, urging parents to vaccinate their kids, in which he shared the story of his heartbreak over his own daughter's death from measles. According to the author's website, Olivia "Twenty" Dahl, the oldest daughter of Roald and his wife, Patricia, died in November 1962. A letter written by Dahl about her death was featured in a pamphlet from The Sandwell Health Authority in 1988.