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Friday, May 23, 2008

ELIZABETH PRICE-FISHER DIES AT 85

Golfer-turned-golf writer Elizabeth Price-Fisher, who played in six Curtis Cup matches between 1950 and 1960 and was British women's amateur golf champion in 1959, died today at the age of 85.
She was the women's golf correspondent of the Daily Telegraph between Enid Wilson and Lewine Mair and had been a member of the Association of Golf Writers since 1975.
She was being treated in a nursing home for the last three months for a diabetes-related illness and finally died of a heart attack.
She leaves a daughter, Myfanwy and two grandchildren, Sarah and Sam
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