Golden Girl Rue McClanahan, 76, has died.

"She passed away at 1 a.m. this morning," her manager, Barbara Lawrence, tells PEOPLE. She had a massive stroke."

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20390844,00.html

RIP  :( :\'(

Oh No. :\'(
I also liked her as Vivian in "Maude"

sad news...

I guess Betty White is the last standing Golden Girl... which she did joking say she wanted to be at one point.

I guess Betty White is the last standing Golden Girl... which she did joking say she wanted to be at one point.



I was thinking the same thing.


It is sad.



Cat

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This is very sad news.  I grew up watching her as Blance and as Aunt Fran on Mama's Family.  R.I.P. to a talented actress :\'(

*Sigh* so very sad R.I.P Rue  :\'(

At least with all the men Blanche slept with, there'll be no shortage of potential pallbearers! :D
(Whoa, did I just channel Sophia? ::) ) The worst part is, I think she wanted Dorothy to eulogize her, now it'll be Rose, and the speech will be full of St. Olaf stories :-Thank you for being a friend.

Your Pal,
Doc
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WOW...so it's just Betty White now eh?  That's so sad!  :\'( :\'( :\'(
RIP RUE!

RIP Rue - I grew up watching you, from Mama's Family to Golden Girls, which I still watch every night.  You will be missed - Thank you for being a friend!!

Goodbye, Rue... I'll miss you & love you forever.  You will always be Blanche Devereaux in my heart...  :\'(

Awww, the Golden Girls is truly on my top 5 shows of all time and it's heartbreaking to think they are all (almost) gone.  RIP Rue!

Wow.  :\'(  I remember Rue from way back in the 1970s, I think she was on the Maude show.

The other day we were talking about shows with a curse. The Golden Girls would certainly qualify. Bea Arthur.  :-*, Rue McLanahan, Estelle Getty, the guy who played Bea's ex-husband, the guy who played the next door neighbor..... All gone.  Yikes, what a run of bad luck.  :-\\ 

RIP Rue... Thanks for all the laughs!  :)

Such sad news.  Rest in peace, Rue.  Yet another part of my childhood gone. :\'( :\'(

Wow,and I was just watching an episode of Golden Girls this morning and now Betty White is the only Golden Girl alive.

RIP Rue,Thank you for being my friend.  :(

http://www.accesshollywood.com/content/images/106/415x0/106408_rue-mcclanahan.jpg

the guy who played the next door neighbor


Harry Weston played by Richard Mulligan.  Initially, the plot for what would become Empty Nest had someone else in the role with a different character name if I remember correctly.  The actor initially in the role had previously played a different character in a previous episode.

RIP Rue McClanahan.  I'll miss her terribly....and I'll remember her always as Blanche.  :\'(  :\'(  :\'(

The final Golden Girl survives.

One thing i will always remember Rue for was one of the most memorable deaths in sitcom history.  As Aunt Fran on Mama's Family, her character  died by choking on a fishbone in the bathroom of the Bigger Jigger bar.

It's weird how The Golden Girls died at roughly the same time. Getty in 2008, Arthur in 2009 and McClanahan in 2010. I would milk that pension if I were you, Betty White, lol.

Rest in Peace.

God bless ya Rue!!!  :(

It's weird how The Golden Girls died at roughly the same time. Getty in 2008, Arthur in 2009 and McClanahan in 2010. I would milk that pension if I were you, Betty White, lol.

Rest in Peace.


It seems like one year after the other. :(

RIP Blanche.  :(

Wow.  :\'(   I remember Rue from way back in the 1970s, I think she was on the Maude show.

The other day we were talking about shows with a curse. The Golden Girls would certainly qualify. Bea Arthur.  :-*, Rue McLanahan, Estelle Getty, the guy who played Bea's ex-husband, the guy who played the next door neighbor..... All gone.  Yikes, what a run of bad luck.  :-\\ 

RIP Rue... Thanks for all the laughs!   :)

I don't really think the show was cursed, I mean, they weren't called "The Golden Girls" for nothing.  It's not like the cast of Diff'rent Strokes...

It's weird how The Golden Girls died at roughly the same time. Getty in 2008, Arthur in 2009 and McClanahan in 2010. I would milk that pension if I were you, Betty White, lol.

Rest in Peace.



It seems like one year after the other. :(

RIP Blanche.  :(


It probably seems like one year after the other because it was one year after the other....

Estelle Getty '08
Bea Arthur '09
Rue McClanahan '10

This is very sad news, rest in peace, Rue.

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It seems like one year after the other. :(

RIP Blanche.  :(


It doesn't really seem like that, it is like that.  :D

Goodbye, Rue... I'll miss you & love you forever.  You will always be Blanche Devereaux in my heart...  :\'(


My thoughts exactly.  I will always love and miss her too.   :\'(

It probably seems like one year after the other because it was one year after the other....

Estelle Getty '08
Bea Arthur '09
Rue McClanahan '10



Could Betty White be next?

I don't really think the show was cursed, I mean, they weren't called "The Golden Girls" for nothing.  It's not like the cast of Diff'rent Strokes...


At least they weren't caught for taking drugs.

Could Betty White be next?


She'll have to be next.  She's the only one left.

Only question is when...  :-\\

Could Betty White be next?


I can't bear the thought... :(

The final Golden Girl survives.


http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4554/therecanbeonlyone.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4554/therecanbeonlyone.jpg

Yep, probably a bit too soon...
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3gate8JZb1qzcxrno1_500.jpg
But on the internet, NOTHING is too soon.

I can't bear the thought... :(


Me neither.  :(

She'll have to be next.  She's the only one left.

Only question is when...  :-\\


God only knows.  :(

Yep, probably a bit too soon...
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3gate8JZb1qzcxrno1_500.jpg
But on the internet, NOTHING is too soon.


OMG... those are awesome!!!

http://emilypothast.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/goldengirls.jpg

:)

But on the internet, NOTHING is too soon.


http://i48.tinypic.com/2j44vnk.jpg

At least with Golden Girls, there should have been four, unlike the Highlander series, where there really should have been only one.

http://emilypothast.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/goldengirls.jpg

:)


My favorite picture of The Girls...

My favorite picture of The Girls...


My favorite too.

I was so so sad when I heard this. I watch the Golden Girls all the time, and I always picture Rue as happy and vivacious as she was when she played Blanche Devereaux.


That's how I'll always remember her.


And on Mama's Family.

Let's just pray for Betty White that she lives many more years with us.

Let's just pray for Betty White that she lives many more years with us.


I wish Betty White lived with me.... That'd be AWESOME!!!

I wish Betty White lived with me.... That'd be AWESOME!!!


She'd be a great grandmother.