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Patton Oswalt still vividly remembers the first time he laid eyes on his wife Michelle McNamara, whom he met May 20, 2003 after performing at Largo, a club in Los Angeles. "During my routine, I admitted to my weakness for Irish women, how they were my Kryptonite. And after the show she was walking out with the crowd and she touched my left arm and said, 'Irish girls, nice!' " Oswalt tells People in this week's issue, where he pays tribute to his wife, who died unexpectedly in her sleep April 21 at age 46. "I was so stunned by how beautiful she was »
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