Patty Duke obituary by Ronald Bergan

Actor whose biggest role was her first, playing the disabled child Helen Keller in The Miracle WorkerPatty Duke, who has died of complications from a ruptured intestine aged 69, was one of the few actors whose career, covering several decades, could be said to have peaked at its beginning " with her demanding role as Helen Keller, the deaf, blind and speech-impaired six-year-old, in The Miracle Worker, both on stage …

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