buckeyemike Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Died this morning at age 84. Her Sophia character on The Golden Girls had some of the best one liners ever. It was rumored, however, that dementia was setting in even before the show ended...Estelle often could not remember her lines, and needed cheat notes on the salt & pepper shakers on the kitchen table. Interesting to note...she was only about 18 months older in real life than her TV daughter, Bea Arthur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justnzane Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Died this morning at age 84. Her Sophia character on The Golden Girls had some of the best one liners ever. It was rumored, however, that dementia was setting in even before the show ended...Estelle often could not remember her lines, and needed cheat notes on the salt & pepper shakers on the kitchen table. Interesting to note...she was only about 18 months older in real life than her TV daughter, Bea Arthur. They made her wear wig. Her hair was really nowhere near that white. RIP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACor58 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 I always thought Blanche would have died first from an STD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Cat Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Died this morning at age 84. Her Sophia character on The Golden Girls had some of the best one liners ever. It was rumored, however, that dementia was setting in even before the show ended...Estelle often could not remember her lines, and needed cheat notes on the salt & pepper shakers on the kitchen table. Interesting to note...she was only about 18 months older in real life than her TV daughter, Bea Arthur. FUN FACTOID: She came to live with the "girls" because her nursing home burned down and was originally not meant to be a featured character (See: George Bluth). However! A gay cook named Coco was ALSO supposed to live in the house (and can be seen only in the show's pilot), but network executives thought that at the time, the world wasn't ready for a prime-time gay. So, Coco was cut and all the one-line quips which were intended for HIS character were then migrated to Sophia. RIP- had it not been for ignorance and intolerence, you might never have gotten your big break! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Drane Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Well if the country wasn't ready for a gay on primetime TV during the late 80's....then what we see today has to be the most impressive march and conquer over 20 years since Hitler wrote his book. Thank god they have AIDS under control, or I'd be scared to get it just from the 100's on TimeWarner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGimp Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I'd hit it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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