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| Patty Duke, Oscar-winning American actress, dies at 69 | Patty Duke, Oscar-winning American actress, dies at 69 |
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| US actress Patty Duke, who won an Oscar for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker in 1963, has died aged 69. | US actress Patty Duke, who won an Oscar for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker in 1963, has died aged 69. |
| As well as a best supporting Oscar, Duke won an Emmy in 1980 for playing Helen Keller's teacher in a TV movie. | As well as a best supporting Oscar, Duke won an Emmy in 1980 for playing Helen Keller's teacher in a TV movie. |
| Duke also starred in The Patty Duke Show in the 1960s in which she took the roles of "identical" teenage cousins. | Duke also starred in The Patty Duke Show in the 1960s in which she took the roles of "identical" teenage cousins. |
| She was the mother of actor Sean Astin, who played the hobbit Sam in the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films. | She was the mother of actor Sean Astin, who played the hobbit Sam in the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films. |
| Her representative, Mitchell Stubbs, said in a statement that she had died early on Tuesday of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. | Her representative, Mitchell Stubbs, said in a statement that she had died early on Tuesday of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. |
| She underwent a heart bypass in 2004. | |
| Mr Stubbs said: "She was a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a friend, a mental health advocate and a cultural icon. She will be missed." | Mr Stubbs said: "She was a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a friend, a mental health advocate and a cultural icon. She will be missed." |
| A statement from her family read: "This morning, our beloved wife, mother, matriarch and the exquisite artist and champion of mental health, Anna Patty Duke, closed her eyes, quieted her pain and ascended to a beautiful place." | A statement from her family read: "This morning, our beloved wife, mother, matriarch and the exquisite artist and champion of mental health, Anna Patty Duke, closed her eyes, quieted her pain and ascended to a beautiful place." |
| She died in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, according to her son Sean's publicist, Teri Weigel. | |
| Duke was a child star, making her first TV appearance at the age of 12. | |
| In The Miracle Worker, 16-year-old Duke played blind and deaf girl Helen Keller whose tutor - played by Anne Bancroft - breaks through her isolation and helps her to communicate. | |
| Among her other awards were Emmys for My Sweet Charlie in 1970 and Captains and the Kings in 1976. | |
| She also appeared in the Broadway musical Oklahoma! | |
| In her autobiography, Duke revealed that in the 1980s she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. | |
| In later life she became a strong advocate for increasing awareness, funding and research for people with mental illness. |