Patty Duke stars in a stage adaptation of Lois Lowry's The Giver. (Inlander photo: Young Kwak)

The Inlander offers this story re: how former child star Patty Duke is dealing with aging:

Now 66 years old, Duke — who introduces herself as “Anna,” her given name, not the marquee-friendly sobriquet the Rosses foisted upon her — is going through another period of reckoning. Like all of us, she is aging. Her child stardom and legendary Hollywood roles belong to another century. And so she increasingly finds herself reflecting on her mortality, her legacy, and making the forthcoming years productive ones. “When you reach a certain age, the jobs slow down, the tabloids print bizarre pictures of your aging process,” Duke says. “I was waiting for somebody to come to me and say, ‘Oh, Patty Duke! Now you can play old ladies. Here, you can have lots of parts.’ ” But those parts didn’t materialize as quickly as she had hoped. To combat that dispiriting “slump,” she started taking steps toward “reviving the physical and emotional energy” of her youth — whether that means tap dancing with friends, taking acting gigs in Hawaii, or finding ways to benefit the local community/E.J. Ianelli, Inlander. More here.

Question (for Seasoned Citizens of Huckleberries): How do you cope with aging?