New York-born playwright William Gibson has died at his home in Stockbridge, Mass., at the age of 94, his family said. The Tony Award-winning writer is best known for his play The Miracle Worker, which was about blind and deaf Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan.

The soon-to-be-released animated film Delgo features the final performance by Hollywood actress Anne Bancroft, Fathom Studios said Monday. Bancroft, who is best known for her roles in Great Expectations, The Turning Point, The Elephant Man, The Graduate and The Miracle Worker, died in 2005 at the age of 73.

By Mark Jordan For Hernando actress Katelyn Nichols, playing Annie Sullivan in DeSoto Family Theatre's upcoming production of "The Miracle Worker" is a chance to prove her mettle.

"You have cancer" are three of the most overwhelming words a person can hear from a doctor. "My first response when I heard I had breast cancer in 2003 was, 'I can't believe this is happening,' '' says Albuquerque resident Anne Bancroft, who recently celebrated her 70th birthday. "I was shocked.

NEW YORK - Anne Bancroft, who won the 1962 best actress Oscar as the teacher of a young Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker" but achieved greater fame as the seductive Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate," has died. She was 73.