Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke dies at 69
Patty Duke died Tuesday, March 29, 2016, of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. She was 69. (AP Photo, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 a popular sitcom, "The Patty Duke Show."
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