Just weeks before Patty Duke died, she was hoping to attend the premiere of a documentary called, Once in a Lew Moon, a film that would ultimately be her final onscreen appearance. As her health declined in the days leading up to the movie's premiere, Duke was forced to cancel her appearance. Despite her illness, she still found the strength to write a few notes expressing her gratitude for being involved in the project. "I had asked her and her husband, Mike [Pearce], to open the film premiere with a speech, and that's when things apparently took a turn for a worse,...
- 4/1/2016
- by Michael Miller, @write_miller
- PEOPLE.com
Just weeks before Patty Duke died, she was hoping to attend the premiere of a documentary called, Once in a Lew Moon, a film that would ultimately be her final onscreen appearance. As her health declined in the days leading up to the movie's premiere, Duke was forced to cancel her appearance. Despite her illness, she still found the strength to write a few notes expressing her gratitude for being involved in the project. "I had asked her and her husband, Mike [Pearce], to open the film premiere with a speech, and that's when things apparently took a turn for a worse,...
- 4/1/2016
- by Michael Miller, @write_miller
- PEOPLE.com
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