Video: 'Helen Keller - Her Amazing Story'

(Saturday, June 1, 1968, 3:35 p.m. EDT) — Author-lecturer Helen Keller, who triumphed over blindness and deafness almost since her birth and was revered by millions throughout the world as a symbol of the indomitable human spirit, died today at her home, Arcan Ridge, located in Easton, Connecticut, at age 87.