Despite her diminutive stature — “Five feet and a digit,” she used to say — Elaine O’Farrell was possessed of an outsized personality and wit, a gregarious firecracker and storyteller who lit up rooms when she entered, always leaving them with more friends than when she arrived. Read More
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Speechwriter and former editor 'feared and revered' for her red pen: Elaine O'Farrell, 1961-2022
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