Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke dead at 69

WFLA ^ | 3/29/2016

[Borges]

Patty Duke, who won an Oscar as a teen for “The Miracle Worker” and maintained a long and successful career throughout her life, has died at the age of 69.

Duke’s agent, Mitchell Stubbs, says the actress died early Tuesday morning of sepsis from a ruptured intestine.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Just heard it on Fox...

[Dilbert San Diego]

Yep I remember Patty and Cathy and her boyfriend Richard and her brother Ross on the Patty Duke Show. Another piece of baby boomer nostalgia has passed on. RIP.

[CaptainK]

Her performance in “The Miracle Worker” was one of the most brilliant performances ever put on screen by child or adult, man or woman.

[onyx]

RIP
Sad news.

[Sans-Culotte]

Wow, sad news.

[Jane Long]

Loved re-runs of the ‘cousins, identical cousins’ show. And, her excellent The Miracle Worker performances.

RIP :(

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Patty Duke, who won an Oscar as a teen for “The Miracle Worker””

She peaked here, but RIP anyway.

[xsmommy]

so sad! identical cousins!

[OttawaFreeper]

I know she did a great deal of acting work (”Miracle Worker”, etc) but she was on “Match Game” a good number of times as well.

[Pining_4_TX]

Hope it wasn’t a complication from a colonoscopy. The complication rate from those is much higher than people know. Perforation of the intestine happens.

[miss marmelstein]

This really stinks. I idolized her as a child. What a career! A great child actress who made it as an adult. A long time president of the Screen Actors Guild and an educator on the terrible scourge of bipolar disorder. She suffered greatly from that terrible illness. RIP Patty and Cathy!

[DallasGal]

You are absolutely correct. I remember that performance and it’s been a very long time since I say it.

[Jack Hammer]

While Kathy adores the minuet, the Ballet Russe and crepes Suzette,
Our Patty prefers to rock ‘n’ roll, a hot dog makes her lose control;
What a crazy pair!

But they’re cousins...

R.I.P. Patty. You made a lot of people very happy.

[EDINVA]

She certainly provided excellent entertainment to a generation. 69 yeas old today is too young. RIP, Ms. Duke.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Sad news! RIP

[Jane Long]

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

My uncle had a perforation of the intestine in recent years.

[katana]

Age sixteen when she gave one of the greatest performances ever filmed in The Miracle Worker opposite a great adult star, Anne Bancroft. RIP from someone who at the age of twelve had an enormous crush on you, and your twin cousin.

[oh8eleven]

Another piece of baby boomer nostalgia has passed on.
They're dropping like flies ... boy, are we getting old.
  Her son was Sean Astin of "Rudy" fame.