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Hayes, Patricia Franklin

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Hayes, Patricia Franklin

August 20, 2026

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Patricia Hayes Franklin, born in San Angelo, Texas, on Jan. 22, 1932, became one of the best-known American matadoras of the 1950s and early 1960s before settling into a quiet life in El Paso with her husband, Richard Franklin, and a job at Quantrol Electronics. Originally a music student at North…

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