Actress and LGBT activist Patty Duke has died. She was 69.
Duke has long been a supporter of LGBT rights, over the years raising money to fight HIV/AIDS. In 2013, Duke, alongside Meredith Baxter, guest starred as a lesbian couple on Glee. Their characters helped mentor a young gay couple on the show.
In 2014, Duke revealed that she became an ordained minister online with the goal of marrying as many same-sex couples as possible.
As an ordained minister, I want to marry all the gay couples in our beloved country. @BarackObama
— Patty Duke (@pattyduke_id) November 7, 2012
In addition to LGBT issues, Duke was a dedicated advocate for mental health awareness.
As a teenager, Duke won an Oscar for The Miracle Worker and later played “identical cousins” in a TV sitcome bearing her name.
