Rip Patty Duke

My apologies to @Arlene Richards who apparently was reporting this at the same time I was... I don't have a delete button for this, just "edit" and "report" ... and "quote" and "reply." You must be a journalist, too, Arlene? Givin' me a run for my money here!
------------------ Anyhow, here's my original post:

Didn't see that one coming. Ever hear that "Hollywood celebrities/well known people always die in threes" thing? I've noticed many times that it really does seem to happen that way.

Which reminds me... I've been wanting to check up on Valerie Harper and keep forgetting. Maybe I'll do it now since I'm thinking of it.

Anyhow, most of Patty's work was "before my time" so to speak, but I've seen a number of her movies and shows as retros.

 

No prob Mari. I asked mod to delete mine.

Looking for a link. Heard something about ruptured intestine.

 

Oh, that sounds terrible. 69 is so young... I guess it's more "shocking" when we hadn't been hearing about illnesses. Of course, I haven't heard much of anything about Patty.

For better news, I *did* check on Valerie and I see that she's still fighting her leptomeningeal carconomatosis like a trooper. But... I had *no* idea that she's 76!

 

link

 

Thank you, @Gary Ridenour

 

Thanks for the link @Gary Ridenour.

I loved the Patty Duke show!

Also remember when she won Oscar for The Miracle Worker.

RIP Patty.

 

ruptured intestine .... wow .. wouldn't know that was her.



http://www.amny.com/entertainment/c...-of-sepsis-from-ruptured-intestine-1.11630691

 

I'm sorry to hear someone you all know has died, but I'm afraid I haven't any idea who she is..I did go to wiki to see if I'd heard of any of the shows she'd appeared in but no none at all.

R.I.P to a lady everyone in the USA seems to have loved...

 

Just saw this! Very sad, she was part of my youth. Loved the Patty Duke Show.

RIP!

 

So many of our childhood teen favorites are passing on it seems. I loved the Patty Duke Show,

 

@Holly Saunders , did you see "Valley of the Dolls"? She was in that too.

 

@Holly Saunders

She played her own identical cousin who came from England...

 

Oh that's right Chrissy. She was amazing as the child star in The Miracle Worker too, as young Helen Keler.

 

Thanks for the video Ruby.
Brings back memories.

 

Yes, I had forgotten about that. I know later on when she was a lot older she was in many Lifetime Movies.