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Patty Duke Dies; 'Miracle Worker' And TV Star Was 69 by Jeremy Gerard

Patty Duke, seared in popular memory as Helen Keller opposite the Annie Sullivan of Anne Bancroft in both the 1959 Broadway premiere of The Miracle Worker and in Arthur Penn’s 1962 film, has died. Duke, whose real name was Anna Pearce, also enchanted a generation of 1960s television viewers in her dual portrayal of look-alike cousins, the cheeky, all-American teen Patty and the sober, formal Cathy, on The Patty…

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:15PM on March 29, 2016

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