Sean Astin, the son of actress Patty Duke, opened up about his mother and her legacy following her death on Tuesday.
“I think maybe the most important part of her legacy is her acting work,” Astin said in an interview with the Associated Press. “Above and beyond anything, the reason any of the other stuff is possible in terms of the scope of the impact that she was able to have with people was her talent and her work and her work ethic, her discipline. She worked extremely hard.”
Astin also said that Duke’s work on behalf of people with mental health issues was incredibly important to her, as she herself suffered from bipolar disorder.