- Left £1 million in her will to the London Oratory, which is used to fund their choir programme.
- Died four weeks after being diagnosed with lung cancer in mid-July 1999. She was cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium and her ashes buried in Putney Vale Cemetery.
- She lived for some time in Portugal, as well as Italy and Benghazi.
- She spoke Portuguese.
- Her favourite film star was Conrad Veidt.
- Daughter of Robert Edward Michael (died 1964) and Josephine Mary Antonia (née Bartlett) Paterson (1898-1986).
- Other jobs included being a stage manager at the Theatre Royal Windsor and matron at Padworth College, a girls' boarding school near Reading.
- She was cook for The Spectator magazine for many years. Later, she wrote a food column for them.
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