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| Patty Duke, circa 1965 |
Sad day, the actress Patty Duke has died. She and I were the same age, and I've been a Patty Duke fan since the early '60s, when she was still known as a "child star", winning awards for her portrayal of the young Helen Keller in
The Miracle Worker. From there she moved on to play "identical cousins" in the TV sitcom,
The Patty Duke Show. Behind the scenes during those years, she had a rough time of it, as she reveals in her autobiography,
Call Me Anna. It takes a great actress to be able to hide anguish. The leftovers of us from my generation of Americans will always remember Patty.
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