Kitty O Neil | Google doodle celebrates the unflinching spirit of deaf

Kitty O'Neill is an American stuntwoman and actress, born in 1946 in Texas

She suffered from various diseases at a young age and became deaf

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However, she became one of Hollywood's most recognized stunt drivers and performers

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This earned her the title of "World's Fastest Woman".

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O'Neill died of pneumonia in 2018 at the age of 72.

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In 2019, she was honored with the Oscars In Memoriam Award.

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The Kitty O'Neill Story was released in 1979 and she received an Oscar in Memoriam Award in 2019

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