Where My (Golden) Girls At??!!

I recently heard of Rue McClanahan's(best known as Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls,and Thelma's old maid sister, Fran Crowley on Mama's Family) tragic passing.I'm reasonably sure that wherever this talented lady is,she's resting more comfortably than she was on Earth,as she'd been sick for several years.


Lying in bed with my lady,it occurred to me somewhat jarringly that all but one of the Golden Girls has met her maker. Estelle Getty ( brassy Ma/Sophia Petrillo),Bea Arthur,( cynical Dorothy Zbornak,my favorite),and now Rue( slutty Blanche). Such engaging,genuinely funny women with infallible comic timing,and a true-bred class,and aside from perhaps Vicki Lawrence and Carol Burnett,truly irreplaceable.


Luckily old Betty White(ditzy but good-hearted Rose Nylund)is still hanging around,and doing cool appearances from time-to time,like her recent SNL stint.

In any case,thanks for being a friend,ladies.