The nation’s headlines in the early months of 1973 told of Roe v. Wade, the occupation of Wounded Knee, a growing Watergate scandal, George Steinbrenner buying the Yankees, the official opening of the World Trade Center, POWs released from Vietnam and a growing fear of a gas shortage in the United States.
But the biggest story was about something that was happening on TV.
Two years after more than 300 hours of footage were shot over the course of seven months inside the Santa Barbara home of the Pat and William C. Loud and their five kids, an experimental documentary chronicling their daily lives unfolded over the course of 12 weeks on PBS. By time it was over, “An American Family” had captivated the country as it had divided it, the Louds were divorced and TV had changed forever.
It’s difficult to explain – and impossible to overstate — how daring the proposal...
But the biggest story was about something that was happening on TV.
Two years after more than 300 hours of footage were shot over the course of seven months inside the Santa Barbara home of the Pat and William C. Loud and their five kids, an experimental documentary chronicling their daily lives unfolded over the course of 12 weeks on PBS. By time it was over, “An American Family” had captivated the country as it had divided it, the Louds were divorced and TV had changed forever.
It’s difficult to explain – and impossible to overstate — how daring the proposal...
- 1/2/2023
- by Jim McKairnes
- The Wrap
Patricia Loud, best known as the matriarch from the PBS docuseries An American Family, died Sunday. She was 94. The news was confirmed by her family on their shared Facebook page.
“With inconsolable sorrow, we are sad to share the news with friends and family that on Sunday, January 10 at 1:55pm Pt, Pat Loud passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes,” the Loud family wrote. “She was snuggled up safe in her comfy home, attended by loving children Michele, Delilah, Kevin and Grant.”
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“With inconsolable sorrow, we are sad to share the news with friends and family that on Sunday, January 10 at 1:55pm Pt, Pat Loud passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes,” the Loud family wrote. “She was snuggled up safe in her comfy home, attended by loving children Michele, Delilah, Kevin and Grant.”
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- 1/11/2021
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Patricia Loud, the matriarch of the Loud family in the TV documentary An American Family died on Sunday from natural causes. She was 94.
The news of Loud’s death was confirmed on the official Loud Facebook page. “With inconsolable sorrow, we are sad to share the news with friends and family that on Sunday January 10 at 1:55pm Pt, Pat Loud passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes. She was snuggled up safe in her comfy home, attended by loving children Michele, Delilah, Kevin and Grant.”
Loud was born on October 4, 1926 in Eugene, Oregon. She graduated from Stanford University in 1948 where she studied World History and English Literature. Upon returning to her hometown she met William Loud and they would go on marry in Mexico City. Their first son, Alanson “Lance” Russell Loud was born in June 1951.
She and her family entered the spotlight as the subjects of...
The news of Loud’s death was confirmed on the official Loud Facebook page. “With inconsolable sorrow, we are sad to share the news with friends and family that on Sunday January 10 at 1:55pm Pt, Pat Loud passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes. She was snuggled up safe in her comfy home, attended by loving children Michele, Delilah, Kevin and Grant.”
Loud was born on October 4, 1926 in Eugene, Oregon. She graduated from Stanford University in 1948 where she studied World History and English Literature. Upon returning to her hometown she met William Loud and they would go on marry in Mexico City. Their first son, Alanson “Lance” Russell Loud was born in June 1951.
She and her family entered the spotlight as the subjects of...
- 1/11/2021
- by Erik Pedersen and Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Patricia Loud, who is best known for being the matriarch of the PBS docu-series An American Family, died Sunday at her home in her sleep of natural causes. She was 94. The family revealed the news of her death on Facebook.
“With inconsolable sorrow, we are sad to share the news with friends and family that on Sunday January 10 at 1:55pm Pt, Pat Loud passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes. She was snuggled up safe in her comfy home, attended by loving children Michele, Delilah, Kevin and Grant,” the post reads, in part.
Loud was born ...
“With inconsolable sorrow, we are sad to share the news with friends and family that on Sunday January 10 at 1:55pm Pt, Pat Loud passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes. She was snuggled up safe in her comfy home, attended by loving children Michele, Delilah, Kevin and Grant,” the post reads, in part.
Loud was born ...
- 1/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Patricia Loud, who is best known for being the matriarch of the PBS docu-series An American Family, died Sunday at her home in her sleep of natural causes. She was 94. The family revealed the news of her death on Facebook.
“With inconsolable sorrow, we are sad to share the news with friends and family that on Sunday January 10 at 1:55pm Pt, Pat Loud passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes. She was snuggled up safe in her comfy home, attended by loving children Michele, Delilah, Kevin and Grant,” the post reads, in part.
Loud was born ...
“With inconsolable sorrow, we are sad to share the news with friends and family that on Sunday January 10 at 1:55pm Pt, Pat Loud passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes. She was snuggled up safe in her comfy home, attended by loving children Michele, Delilah, Kevin and Grant,” the post reads, in part.
Loud was born ...
- 1/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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