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Catherine Sarah Richards

Catherine Sarah Richards is recorded in 1 distinct story.

Ben and Sheila’s eighteen-month-old daughter, called Cathy. Her illness motivates Ben’s participation. Her later death is reported by Killian.

Also recorded as Catherine, Cathy, Cathy Richards.

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The Running Man

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Ordinarily they never watched it. But ever since Cathy had gotten sick, he had been watching the big-money giveaways. It filled her with sick fear. Behind the compulsive shrieking of the half-time announcer narrating the latest newsie flick, Cathy’s flu-hoarsened wailing went on and on. “How bad is it?”

The infant Cathy is present with her parents in the opening illness scene.

The Running Man ↗ (paid link)By Stephen King · writing as Richard Bachman
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Ben supplies his daughter’s full name and age.

The Running Man ↗ (paid link)By Stephen King · writing as Richard Bachman