(Edward) Michael Pakenham (1932-2018)

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Harry Merritt

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May 21, 2018, 4:16:45 PM5/21/18
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(Edward) Michael Pakenham, distant cousin of the Pakenham earls of Longford, died May 9, 2018, in Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA. He was born in New York City in 1932, the son of Compton Thomas Pakenham (1893-1957), sometime Pacific Bureau chief for Newsweek magazine, and Sara (Furman) Pakenham. He was a descendant of Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford (1713-66) and Elizabeth (Cuffe) Pakenham, 1st Countess of Longford (1719-94) through their youngest son, Adm. Hon. Sir Thomas Pakenham (1757-1836). Michael Pakenham, a retired newspaper editor, was survived by his third wife, Rosalie (Muller) Wright Pakenham, and a daughter from a previous marriage, Catherine Dempsey Pakenham. 

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