Jul.22.2008 So I think I killed Estelle Getty
I don’t write about The Golden Girls too often so I find it a little alarming that mere moments after I post a video involving the show, Estelle Getty dies.
Note: Estelle Getty isn’t pictured above but come on, it’s a current-ish Golden Girls pic, how can I not run it?
Actress Estelle Getty has died at the age of 84. Her son, Carl Gettleman, says the co-star of the TV show “The Golden Girls” died early Tuesday at home in Los Angeles.
Gettleman says she suffered from advanced dementia. The diminutive actress spent 40 years struggling for success before landing the role of a lifetime in 1985, playing the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on “The Golden Girls.”
She was old and apparently crazy. That sucks. What sucks even more is that I apparently have the power to kill off The Golden Girls by just writing about them. Which is a cool power, in theory, until you realize what a small niche it is. Like yeah, it’ll be pretty great to kill Bea Arthur by posting a photo of her with some snarky writing attached, but this seems to have a limited appeal at best.
In related news…You’re Next, Rue McClanahan. Don’t think I forgot.
Wow! It’s amazing how fast one can age in just 15-20 years! I think I had better start that all-raw vegetable diet now!