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Gene Kelly’s widow says she never ‘thought’ about 47-year age gap

Gene Kelly’s widow has reflected on her nearly 50-year age gap with the Hollywood legend.

Patricia Ward Kelly met the Singin’ in the Rain star in 1985, when she was working on a television special about the Smithsonian Museum that he happened to be hosting. She was just 26 at the time, and Kelly was 47 years her senior.

“The age issue was not an issue for me,” she told in an interview

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