Recently Dead

Those Golden Gals are a little less wild now. Estelle Getty, the tiny actress who will always be remembered as Sophia Petrillo, the wisecracking oldest of those four wacky retired ladies who shared a house in Miami on the hit '80s sitcom, The Golden Girls, died early this morning at home in Los Angeles – not at Shady Pines. She was 84 and had been suffering from advanced dementia. "She was loved throughout the world in six continents," said her son Carl. "And if they loved sitcoms in Antarctica, she would have been loved on seven continents. She was one of the most talented comedic actresses who ever lived" – proof being her seven Emmy nominations and two wins. (LA Times)

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