Patty Duke, 69, RIP

Patty Duke , who won an Oscar as a teen for “The Miracle Worker” and maintained a long and successful career throughout her life, has died at the age of 69. Duke’s agent, Mitchell Stubbs, says the actress died early Tuesday morning of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. She built on her success in teenhood by playing identical cousins on the popular sitcom, “The Patty Duke Show.” The North Idaho resident, whose real name was Anna Pearce, also was an outspoken advocate for mental illness, following her own diagnosis with bipolar disorder in 1982. In 2014, she spoke to graduates of Kootenai County’s Mental Health Drug Court/ Associated Press . More here .