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Bea Arthur dies. RIP

  • 26-04-2009 2:27am
    #1
    N_Raid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 152 ✭✭


    Emmy-winning actress Bea Arthur, best known as star of the hit TV comedies 'Maude' and 'Golden Girls', has died at 86.

    Arthur, who won Emmy awards for both 'Maude' and 'Golden Girls,' died of cancer at her Los Angeles home.

    She is best known for her role as the sardonic Dorothy, a divorced substitute teacher in the 'Golden Girls', sharing a house in Miami with her mother and two other previously married women, Blanche and Rose.

    Estelle Getty, who played the role of her mother, died last year.

    Arthur is survived by two sons and two grandchildren.

    Link: http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0425/arthurb.html


Comments

  • #2
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,476 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Always likes the golden girls show as a kid or maybe just liked because rte showed it so much. RIP


  • #3
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    she was the tall one? I still watch golden girls the odd time.


  • #4
    User45701
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,905 ✭✭✭User45701


    I saw here about 15 hours ago Ive never seen 'Maude' and 'Golden Girls', but i was watching the comedy central roast of pam and bee was one of the roasters and see was pretty funny

    R.I.P


  • #5
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Thank you for being a friend.


  • #6
    Gadfly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭Gadfly


    I was a big fan of The Golden Girls and especially Bea. It was a really funny programme. She had a great distinctive voice. She'll be greatly missed. :(


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  • #7
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    :(


  • #8
    Dizzyblonde
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,110 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dizzyblonde


    RIP Bea

    I loved the Golden Girls, it was one of the funniest sitcoms ever.


  • #9
    jos28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,220 ✭✭✭jos28


    Sorry to hear that. RIP.
    Can't believe she was 86, would have thought late 70s


  • #10
    mknotaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭mknotaro


    Great sardonic actress. I think the last thing I saw her in was Curb Your Enthusaism playing Larry David's mother in heaven!


  • #11
    Mr.Lizard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭Mr.Lizard


    Her contribution to the Star Wars series will not be forgotten (tho perhaps it should be).


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  • #12
    Mr. Frost
    Closed Accounts Posts: 726 ✭✭✭Mr. Frost


    R.I.P. Bea. A fan back in the day.


  • #13
    tony1kenobi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭tony1kenobi


    Bless her.....she was a funny old kook.


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