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Fisher’s only child, Billie Lourd, addressed the report in a statement to PEOPLE at the time.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
Editors’ Picks Image Buteau grew up in New Jersey, the only child of a Jamaican mother and a Haitian father.
—Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 27 May 2024
Her husband is on the front line, and Vova is an only child, so Kucherenko lives in their small, tidy house alone.
—Claire Harbage, NPR, 22 May 2024
Riley Keough, who inherited the estate and tourist attraction after the death of Elvis' only child, Lisa Marie Presley, has filed a lawsuit to stop the sale.
—Lucas Finton, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
Born in 1939 in Red Bank, New Jersey, Elizabeth was the only child of a German immigrant, Hans Wulf, and his Swiss wife, Fridy.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
The only child of a single mother, Bardella grew up in a public housing project outside Paris in Saint-Denis, one of France’s poorest districts, according to government statistics, and home to large communities of African immigrants.
—TIME, 15 May 2024
The teenager, the only child of ex president Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, is seen talking to his brother in law Michael Boulos, who is married to Tiffany Trump.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 May 2024
James Harris Simons was born on April 25, 1938, in the Boston suburb of Brookline, the only child of Matthew Simons and the former Marcia Kantor.
—Patrick Oster, Fortune, 10 May 2024
Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
Editors’ Picks Image Buteau grew up in New Jersey, the only child of a Jamaican mother and a Haitian father.
—Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 27 May 2024
Her husband is on the front line, and Vova is an only child, so Kucherenko lives in their small, tidy house alone.
—Claire Harbage, NPR, 22 May 2024
Riley Keough, who inherited the estate and tourist attraction after the death of Elvis' only child, Lisa Marie Presley, has filed a lawsuit to stop the sale.
—Lucas Finton, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
Born in 1939 in Red Bank, New Jersey, Elizabeth was the only child of a German immigrant, Hans Wulf, and his Swiss wife, Fridy.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
The only child of a single mother, Bardella grew up in a public housing project outside Paris in Saint-Denis, one of France’s poorest districts, according to government statistics, and home to large communities of African immigrants.
—TIME, 15 May 2024
The teenager, the only child of ex president Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, is seen talking to his brother in law Michael Boulos, who is married to Tiffany Trump.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 May 2024
James Harris Simons was born on April 25, 1938, in the Boston suburb of Brookline, the only child of Matthew Simons and the former Marcia Kantor.
—Patrick Oster, Fortune, 10 May 2024
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“Only child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/only%20child. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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