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GradyPhilpott · 30 March 2016, 02:54 AM

Patty Duke, the film, TV, and stage actress who won an Academy Award at age 16 for her role as Helen Keller in A Miracle Worker, has died. She was 69.

Actor Sean Astin confirmed the death of his mom on a Los Angeles morning show.

Duke was the youngest actress at the time to earn an Oscar for playing Helen Keller, a role she originated opposite Anne Bancroft on Broadway. Her rising star resulted in an eponymous sitcom that was created by Sidney Shelton and launched in 1963. The Patty Duke Show lasted until 1966.

Duke worked constantly in films like Valley of the Dolls and TV shows like Night Gallery, Police Story, and Hawaii 5-0 while privately battling biopolar disorder, which was revealed in her 1987 autobiography Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke. She went on to advocate for the mentally ill by working with the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Duke won three Emmys, one of which was for playing the role of Anne Sullivan in the 1979 adaptation of The Miracle Worker for NBC.

She is survived by her fourth husband, Michael Pearce, and her children Sean Astin, Mackenzie Astin, and Kevin Pearce.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/29/patty-duke-dead

locutus49 · 30 March 2016, 03:04 AM

Rip

clock · 30 March 2016, 03:10 AM

She will be missed. RIP

Floorguy · 30 March 2016, 03:10 AM

What a shame!! RIP Patty

jatco · 30 March 2016, 04:15 AM

That is a shame and sad news indeed.
Always liked her and her performances.
RIP Ms Duke .

Dr. Robert · 30 March 2016, 04:40 AM

Vaya con dios

dddrees · 30 March 2016, 05:51 AM

Rip

cop414 · 30 March 2016, 05:59 AM

So sad, loved her growing up. I wasn't aware of the bi polar condition. RIP.

RichM · 30 March 2016, 06:00 AM

Rest In Peace Patty and Cathy

77T · 30 March 2016, 07:39 AM

Sad to hear that.
According to her rep, Mitchell Stubbs, the cause of death was sepsis from a ruptured intestine.

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Viv Savage · 30 March 2016, 08:21 AM

Oh no! So sad, RIP. She was my first crush.

sickened1 · 30 March 2016, 08:23 AM

Rip

Boothroyd · 30 March 2016, 09:31 AM

If she had done nothing other than portray Helen Keller, that would have been a successful career. She was incredible in that movie. RIP, Patty. She had a great and a rough life simultaneously.

KKB · 30 March 2016, 10:41 AM

I loved watching the reruns of The Patty Duke Show when I was a small kid.

RIP Patty.

Viv Savage · 30 March 2016, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boothroyd

If she had done nothing other than portray Helen Keller, that would have been a successful career. She was incredible in that movie. RIP, Patty. She had a great and a rough life simultaneously.

So true.

BBL · 30 March 2016, 11:02 AM

A great loss.
RIP, Patty...

Scot_3 · 30 March 2016, 11:53 AM

Thanks for the memories, and RIP

nick c · 30 March 2016, 10:51 PM

Rip

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30 March 2016, 07:39 AM	#10
77T 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Real Name: PaulG Location: Georgia Posts: 40,916	Patty Duke dies, age 69 Sad to hear that. According to her rep, Mitchell Stubbs, the cause of death was sepsis from a ruptured intestine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Does anyone really know what time it is?

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