Patty Duke has died

[LiberalElite]

Sorry don't have link. Posting from phone.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Rest in peace.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/03/29/oscar-winning-former-child-star-patty-duke-dies-age-69/82382666/

[lpbk2713]

2. Age 69

Here's a link: http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/29/patty-duke-dead

May she RIP

[JackInGreen]

3. Anyone know how her cousins taking it?

I'm sorry...couldn't resist..

[jberryhill]

7. Well, her cousin has been most everywhere

[moonbabygo]

10. I was just sinking that song

in my head. But we're cousins, identical cousins.....
RIP, I am sorry to hear that. So young too

[mcar]

43. They just played it on CBS news

I'll have that ear worm for days.

Never saw the show, it was kind of before my time. But the song lingers on.

She was amazing in The Miracle Worker.

[NightWatcher]

30. If you didn't, I was gonna...

[Warren Stupidity]

4. Ah, really sad. Real good person.

I had a total tweener crush on her in Identical Cousins.

[Mosby]

5. I wonder what happened

You don't just die from a ruptured intestine, the sepsis just indicates lack of treatment.

[CTyankee]

20. sounds like severe diverticulitis. I had one case of it but got treated right away...

then I decided I'd get the surgery to prevent any future attacks because that kind of rupture CAN kill you. Unfortunately, I had a serious complication and wound up in the hospital for a couple of months, then home with a temporary colostomy whhch was finally reversed. The only good thing is that the surgeon said I'd never be fat because I lost too much of my digestive material ...

[notadmblnd]

29. Diverticulitis

It's what happened to me. I ruptured my Sigmoid (whatever that is). Funny thing is when it happened, I was in no pain for the most part.

[Aristus]

33. The sigmoid colon is the S-shaped portion of your distal colon

('sigmoid' means 'S-shaped') right before the rectum. Common presenting area for diverticulosis and diverticulitis.

[notadmblnd]

34. I don't understand why I wasn't in pain until towards the end.

Both of my sisters have had bouts of diverticulosis and went to hospital in pain where they were given antibiotics and a 3 day stay? Me, no pain and I'm ruptured.

[Aristus]

35. Everyone is different.

Diverticulosis is very often asymptomatic. Sometimes, it's diagnosed indirectly during evaluation for something else. Diverticulitis is almost always symptomatic (left lower quadrant pain, fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, etc), but you must have been one of the unconventional cases.

[notadmblnd]

36. I don't know what distension is or how I would know that

but I had none of the other symptoms, so yeah, I must just be weird.

[Aristus]

38. Distension is just bulging; like a bulging stomach.

n/t

[notadmblnd]

41. nope, not even that.

I got a hella hernia now though. But that's from my ostomy incision. I told my PCP that as long as it doesn't hurt, I'm not going to get it repaired that mesh they use scares me.

[CTyankee]

48. I had to have hernia repair after all my surgery. It's no big deal. Easy peasyy....

you don't want to have to wear a binder to keep your hernia in...I went thru that and it was no fun....finally I was all done and had the surgery and it's done. Please consider it. I had to wear that damn binder every morning...now it's fine.

[notadmblnd]

53. Well my mom had the mesh done for her bladder incontinence and had problems with it

and my uncle just died from complications (infection) from having his hernia repaired. Everything just snowballed after he had the surgery.

My mom just got her settlement from the class action lawsuit. Of course both of them are in their 70's and I'm a relatively young spring chicken at 57, so I guess I should talk to my surgeon about it.

I do use a compression device. Being female I guess it's easier for us? But I'm tired of being cut on. Three surgeries in a years time and I have one more to go. The thought of being laid up again for three months is just not something I want to deal with right now.

[Skittles]

51. is there a genetic component?

[notadmblnd]

52. I imagine so since two of my three sisters had bouts of it.

My grandmother also had the surgery I had back in the 70's.

[CTyankee]

42. I don't understand why she didn't have the surgery to avoid this...I was about her age when

I had it and when my doctor told me what the outcome could be if I had another attack I immediately got the surgery to prevent it.

Why didn't her doc giver her that information? Or did he and did she ignore it:

[notadmblnd]

44. Most often it's treated with antibiotics and a short hospital stay (I suppose to monitor patient?)

and I'm told may never have it occur again. One of my sisters was told to avoid nuts and seeds, because they are what gets stuck and cause infection. Also, not everyone ruptures. But hell if you have no pain and no fever and think you're just having a bout of constipation-- you just might ignore it until it's too late. I almost did. If my son hadn't insisted on me going for treatment. I would have gone to sleep that night and died.

[CTyankee]

45. when I heard it could cause death I took it ivery seriously...

sounded bad to me and I didn't want anything like that to happen...geez, what a tragedy...easily avoidable....oy...

[LiberalElite]

47. i read that she was hospitalized for

severe stomach pain in 2014 but haven't seen any mention of what caused it.

[TexasProgresive]

6. May she rest in peace

I am not the only man my age who had a preteen crush on Patty.

[saturnsring]

8. i always thought selma was the hot one

oh wait wrong show

[TexasProgresive]

16. If we are going to dig up our old TV crushes

The hottest was the incomparable Emma Peel AKA Dame Diana Rigg.

[saturnsring]

21. Well actually my post was a joke

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one is patty the other is selma from the simpsons

[meow2u3]

9. May she rest in peace

I'm shocked that Patty Duke passed away. I remember the first time I watched the Patty Duke show: I was 5.

[randome]

11. Fly away, Ms. Field!

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[Warren Stupidity]

12. um, er, uh... not Sally, she's fine.

[beam me up scottie]

22. Yikes! I'd delete before you cause a riot. Sally is fine.

[struggle4progress]

13. Patty Duke, Child Star and Oscar Winner, Dies at 69

By MARGALIT FOX
MARCH 29, 2016

Patty Duke .. died on Tuesday ... Her husband .. said the cause was complications of a ruptured intestine .. suffered .. Thursday ... Ms. Duke .. starred as Helen Keller in the original Broadway production of .. “The Miracle Worker” ... Anna Marie Duke was .. in .. 1946 ... Anna began acting at 7 ... John and Ethel Ross ... immediately changed her name to .. Patty ... “Anna Marie is dead; you’re Patty now” .. she recalled in a memoir, “Call Me Anna”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/arts/television/patty-duke-dies.html?_r=0

[hamsterjill]

14. The world has lost a good one.

Condolences to her family and friends. She was a great actress and activist.

[Capt. Obvious]

15. Who?

[LostOne4Ever]

17. Sad. I saw her show on Nick-at-Night

[Kingofalldems]

18. 10 Facts About the Patty Duke Show:

http://www.metv.com/lists/10-fascinating-factoids-about-the-patty-duke-show

[kentuck]

19. A loss for us all...

She will be missed.

[tavernier]

23. What is it with age 69 this year??

Which is what I am

[steve2470]

24. RIP Ms. Duke

[LiberalLovinLug]

25. RIP Patty

The Valley of the Dolls was my first real shocking film I watched that commented on the dangers of abusing prescription pills. I admit I began watching for the boobies, but it soon turned into a kind of horror movie. I was at such an age, and she did such a good acting job, that it was the first time I thought about the world outside my protected family circle.

[Blue_In_AK]

26. She wrote a stunning autobiography several years ago

called "Call Me Anna" in which she described her struggles with bipolar disorder. Excellent read.

http://www.amazon.com/Call-Me-Anna-Autobiography-Patty/dp/0553272055

[John1956PA]

28. I read her autobiography in 1987. It shed light on her struggles finding roles to match her talent.

Over the years, Hollywood had a habit of turning down proven actresses in favor of younger ones. Experiencing that cold-hearted show business mentality contributed to her depressed intervals.

[Blue_In_AK]

31. I read it quite a few years ago, too.

It was really illuminating to me because I had no idea she had gone through so much pain in her life, and I agree Hollywood and the people who managed her career as a child treated her horribly.

[RKP5637]

27. ...

[Lydia Leftcoast]

32. If you haven't seen her stunning performance in The Miracle Worker

(I know, every high school has done it as a class play...), the time is now.

[lpbk2713]

37. 2016 is only 3 months old and we have lost so many celebs.

Natalie Cole, David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Glenn Frey, Harper Lee just to name a few.

Link: http://www.syracuse.com/celebrity-news/index.ssf/2016/01/celebrity_deaths_in_2016_famous_photos.html

[seanjoycek476]

39. How sad

May she RIP.

[spanone]

40. her performance as Helen Keller in 'The Miracle Worker' was awe-inspiring

R. I. P.

Ms. Duke

[Skittles]

46. loved her in Valley of the Dolls

she was over-the-top ridiculous in that role but OMG what a cult classic

[xmas74]

49. I rewatched it a couple of weeks ago.

That and the not-really-a-sequel Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, written by Roger Ebert. Both were sheer camp but one was truly over the top and the other was grade B. (Don't care, love them both.)

Now it's time for Neely to sparkle forever.

[Skittles]

50. Sharon Tate and Barbara Perkins were lovely, but so wooden

Patty Duke was so talented and over the top (I believe she said she was pushed by the director to ramp up her performance) but she really makes that movie....LOVE it (aw I had to go back and change IS talented to WAS talented)

[xmas74]

55. I adored her in that movie.

I loved Neely.

[bigwillq]

54. RIP