Posted on 03/29/2016 9:53:14 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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.
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You are right about that. Betty White, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Fannie Flagg, and Richard Dawson made up the regulars but ones like her, Patty Deutsch, Bill Daily, Mclean Stevenson, and Joyce Bulifant were on a fair bit as well.
Just read her Wiki. Rough childhood!
RIP, Patty.
I think her and John Astin were regulars on “Tattletales” as well.
Looped, twisted, or obstructed bowel. It is an awful thing to have.
I would doubt that ‘colonoscopy’ rates as high as those things (perforation more likely there)
LOL....................
Was t she in Valley of the Dolls ?
Used that as a jump off point to discuss drug addiction in college
Didn’t one of the Bee Gee’s die of something similar?
possible causes of a ruptured intestine:
appendicitis
diverticulitis
a stomach ulcer
gallstones
gallbladder infection
inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis
cancer in the gastrointestinal tract
There are other causes too.
http://www.healthline.com/health/gastrointestinal-perforation#Overview1
Sad to hear but it’s coming to us all. I though she was older than that.
Rudy’s mom died? What does Gomez, and Kathy think?
Ivy Green is close to me geographically and there isn’t a time I pass that way that I don’t think about her act in the “Miracle Worker”. RIP Patty. Your TV series was also a great program.
Just damn
I think safe to say we are getting old btw Patty Duke show is not on ME TV right now
Always wanted to visit Ivy Green. Have always been fascinated with Helen and Annie - thanks to the movie, of course.
And son is Sean Astin of LOR fame.
from Medline-
Gastrointestinal perforation can be caused by a variety of illnesses. These include:
Appendicitis
Cancer
Crohn’s disease
Diverticulitis
Gallbladder disease
Peptic ulcer disease
Ulcerative colitis
Did a pretty good job in Valley of the Dolls, too.
Patty Duke Show and The Flying Nun. Also remembered for her words at the award show “You like me! You really, really like me.” She also recorded - a hit remembered. “Please Don’t Just Stand There”
RIP Patty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUd1DXaKji8
Thank you, I knew that she sang as well, but this is song is really good and I would have gone on with out knowing about it.
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