Patty Duke’s death unexpected

Patty Duke, an Oscar-winning actress and Coeur d’Alene resident who was active in the local theater community and a strong advocate for people dealing with mental illness by sharing her experiences with bipolar disorder, died early Tuesday morning. She was 69. To the surprise of her friends, she left Los Angeles in 1990 to live in North Idaho, where she volunteered her time for multiple causes, worked in local theater and made deep community connections. “I found here the ability to have a conversation with someone in the supermarket or in a car lot that had nothing to do with anything but the grapes we were buying or the car we were looking at,” Duke told The Spokesman-Review in 2005. “I let the word out that I preferred to be called Anna, and soon acquaintances were calling me Anna. It was as if I was seeking roots, and they were willing to give some”/ SR & Associated Press . More here.