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(From The Independent)
Byline: Anthony Hayward
THE TRADEMARK of the television presenter and broadcaster Pattie Coldwell, best remembered for series such as the daily phone-in Open Air, which she hosted with Eamonn Holmes, was her distinctive Lancashire accent, gravelly voice and outspoken manner.
The documentary-maker Michael Wood, her one-time partner, recalled first seeing her on the regional news programme Granada Reports in Manchester:
I saw this unbelievable scene where what I took to be a middle-aged Lancashire housewife was interviewing Tom Petty, the American rock star.
She had a voice like a buzzsaw and sounded like she smoked 500…