RIP: Patty Duke (THE MIRACLE WORKER)

[erik]

A year in which so many of the people who have enriched and entertained us for decades are dying off just got a little longer, with the untimely death at the age of 69 of actress Patty Duke, who will always be remembered for portraying Helen Keller in the Broadway play The Miracle Worker, and for winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in that same role in the 1962 film of the play:

www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/arts/television/patty-duke-dies.html?_r=0