Not a fan of Golden Girls, but i loved her character....



[size=150]Estelle Getty of 'Golden Girls' dies at 84[/size]
By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press Writer
17 minutes ago

Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84.

Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica.

"She was loved throughout the world in six continents, and if they loved sitcoms in Antarctica she would have been loved on seven continents," her son said. "She was one of the most talented comedic actresses who ever lived."

"The Golden Girls," featuring four female retirees sharing a house in Miami, grew out of NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff's belief that television was ignoring its older viewers.

Three of its stars had already appeared in previous series: Bea Arthur in "Maude," Betty White in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and Rue McClanahan in "Mama's Family." The last character to be cast was Sophia Petrillo, the feisty 80-something mother of Arthur's character.

"Our mother-daughter relationship was one of the greatest comic duos ever, and I will miss her," Arthur said in a statement.

wow...i thought she was older than that.

sad

she was made to look older on golden girls

Really sad.

Bea Arthur is older then Estelle Getty.

She got a Gameboy on one episode, and I got pissed off because I didn't have one.

I can't be sad for someone I thought died 10 years ago.




I'm such an asshole.

I dunno if I should admit this, but Golden Girls is a damn fine show.

My favorite episode is the one where they are all gonna move out, but then they remember all the good times, they've had together, one being a dance off. That Rose could cut a freakin rug.

She could still kick both of our asses, though.

She was my favorite Golden Girl. RIP Estelle.

I liked the one where they all go to buy condoms and Rose gets the black ones

The best is when Bea Arthurs character(I can't remeber her name) was telling the girls how she hooked up with her ex husband Stan in the car. She said she reached over and she thought she grabbed the emergency brake but it was Stan's penis and Blanche got all horny.

I know this is going to sound mean, but I was surprised she was still alive..

I was never a golden girls fan..

I was honestly surprised she was alive as well. RIP.

"Naked pictures of Bea Arthur."
"Bea Arthur... outstanding."

-- Brendan Fraser & Judd Nelson in Airheads.

RIP

*appreciates*

Advanced dementia. Bummer.