Pat R. Gilbert, Honored and Admired As Reporter, Dies at 45
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › February 15, 2005
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Pat R. Gilbert-Purcell, a tenacious, award-winning, widely beloved reporter who covered transportation for The Record, died Sunday at the age of 45.
In a newspaper career of 23 years, the last 17 with The Record, Pat proved it was possible to be both loved and feared - loved by her colleagues and her readers, feared by public officials with something to hide.See the full content of this document
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Pat R. Gilbert, Honored and Admired As Reporter, Dies at 45
"I never saw Pat without a twinkle in her eyes and a wide smile on her face," said Malcolm A. Borg, chairman of North Jersey Media Group, which owns The Record. "She never showed any signs of distress or of being aggravated. She just smiled, warmly, disarming the other person."
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