Sean Astin's Mother, Patty Duke has died

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35920838

Patty Duke, Oscar-winning American actress, dies at 69

US actress Patty Duke, who won an Oscar for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker in 1963, has died aged 69.

A statement from her family read: "This morning, our beloved wife, mother, matriarch and the exquisite artist and champion of mental health, Anna Patty Duke, closed her eyes, quieted her pain and ascended to a beautiful place."
She died in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, according to her son Sean's publicist, Teri Weigel.

RIP Patty