In 2016, Patty Duke was hospitalized after suffering from sepsis, and her son Sean Astin rushed to be by her side. He stayed with her through her final hours, holding her hand and comforting her as she passed away at the age of 69. Patty Duke’s life was marked by remarkable success, deep talent, and very real personal struggles. A widely shared but unverified story later claimed that Sean discovered a journal in which Patty wrote about her pride in him and her fear not of death, but of the pain