Tuesday, March 29, 2016

R.I.P.: Oscar Winner Patty Duke

Patty Duke, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for her performance as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker and starred as two cousins, different as night and day, on her own sitcom, has died, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

She was 69.

"This morning, our beloved wife, mother, matriarch and the exquisite artist and champion of mental health, Anne Patty Duke, closed her eyes, quieted her pain and ascended to a beautiful place," read a family statement.

Although she performed in films, theater and TV, Duke was most successful in her TV acting career. Overall, she won three Emmy Awards: The Miracle Worker, Captains and Kings and My Sweet Charlie, among eight total nominations.




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