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`Golden Girls' star Bea Arthur dies at 86
AP - Yahoo ^ | April 25, 2009 | Lynn Elber

Posted on 04/25/2009 12:55:40 PM PDT by EveningStar

Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the musical "Mame," died Saturday. She was 86.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
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To: EveningStar

Are you kidding me:!!!!!!!!!!!

Worked as a New York city go-go dancer in a Mafia-run nightclub from 1964-1967 while breaking in on Broadway. She quit after the owner decided to turn the place into a bikini bar.

Oh that was Adrienne Barbeau, I guess she chose the same career path as Goldie Hawn.


21 posted on 04/25/2009 2:02:13 PM PDT by keving (We get the government we vote for)
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To: EveningStar

RIP Bea, and thank you for making us laugh.....

The Golden Girls......great LOL comedy.....


22 posted on 04/25/2009 2:38:03 PM PDT by Kimmers (Be the kind of person when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, Oh crap, she's awake)
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To: EveningStar

“FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT!”


23 posted on 04/25/2009 2:41:03 PM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: EveningStar
I never cared much for the Maude character either, but Bea Arthur redeemed herself in the Golden Girls -- a show that's still funny two decades later.

For all I know, she was a wicked liberal but she didn't go around broadcasting it like modern celebrities. As such, she allowed me to enjoy her comedic talent for which I'm grateful.

24 posted on 04/25/2009 4:01:26 PM PDT by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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To: Kimmers

Still watch them all the time.....RIP “Dorothy” you were my fav.


25 posted on 04/25/2009 4:17:26 PM PDT by geege
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To: geege

I still remember my dear departed Dad laughing over the Golden Girls....he loved that show and I miss his humor.....like I am sure Bea will missed by her family and friends.....


26 posted on 04/25/2009 4:19:41 PM PDT by Kimmers (Be the kind of person when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, Oh crap, she's awake)
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To: Kimmers

I never watched them back in the 80’s but now I think they’re hysterial.


27 posted on 04/25/2009 4:22:24 PM PDT by geege
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To: EveningStar

Wonderful acress. RIP


28 posted on 04/25/2009 4:22:33 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: geege
I am finding that with a number of sitcoms......like, “Seinfeld” I hated then but now I love the reruns....

always did find Mash funny........

29 posted on 04/25/2009 4:56:43 PM PDT by Kimmers (Be the kind of person when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, Oh crap, she's awake)
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To: rrrod

You cared enough to click here and post though.


30 posted on 04/25/2009 9:49:06 PM PDT by Borges
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No comment.


31 posted on 04/25/2009 9:51:03 PM PDT by Luke21
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