Posted on 04/10/2010 7:30:14 PM PDT by GailA
ET breaks news that actress Dixie Carter, best known for her role as Julia Sugarbaker on the hit sitcom "Designing Women," has died. She was 70 years old.
"This has been a terrible blow to our family," her husband Hal Holbrook tells ET. "We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy. Thank you."
In addition to Holbrook, her husband of nearly 26 years, the actress is survived by her two daughters Mary Dixie and Ginna.
NOOOO!!!!!
That is SO sad. RIP.
HOLY CRAP..WOW this one is a shock..I wonder what she died of..either a heart attack or cancer..usually is one of the two..RIP
My husband’s family are distantly related to Dixie’s family on his late wife’s side of the family.
I am so sorry to hear this. 70 is too young to go... Wonder what happened?
Sorry, had to post again.
As a woman who matured in the late 80’s, early 90’s... born and raised in Atlanta... Dixie was our HERO!!! The working woman, take no guff and still be a classy lady hero!
Just damn.
Terrible news!
RIP and condolences to Hal Holbrook (he’s 85)
Sounds as if it was sudden.
So sad.
Her husband’s referring to it as a ‘family tragedy’ makes me think it was totally unexpected.
My mother and sisters loved that show. I never understood it and couldn’t get into it. Later, I realized it was because I’m hetero. This is the same reason I never understood “The Golden Girls.”
I hope she made her peace with The Lord.
Probably a massive heart attack
Damn! That was out of the blue. She was a class act, a real lady. Good signer too I believe. RIP.
I was going to see him do hie Mark Twain one man show and it was canceled...now I see why. RIP. Classy woman, very sad...
70 is the new 50 so I agree.
Julia: I’m Julia Sugarbaker, Suzanne Sugarbaker’s sister. I couldn’t help over hearing part of your conversation.
Marjorie: Well, I’m sorry. I didn’t know anyone was here.
Julia: Yes, and I gather from your comments there are a couple of other things you don’t know, Marjorie. For example, you probably didn’t know that Suzanne was the only contestant in Georgia pageant history to sweep every category except congeniality, and that is not something the women in my family aspire to anyway.
Or that when she walked down the runway in her swimsuit, five contestants quit on the spot.
Or that when she emerged from the isolation booth to answer the question, “What would you do to prevent war?” she spoke so eloquently of patriotism, battlefields and diamond tiaras, grown men wept.
And you probably didn’t know, Marjorie, that Suzanne was not just any Miss Georgia, she was THE Miss Georgia.
She didn’t twirl just a baton, that baton was on fire. And when she threw that baton into the air, it flew higher, further, faster than any baton has ever flown before, hitting a transformer and showering the darkened arena with sparks!
And when it finally did come down, Marjorie, my sister caught that baton, and 12,000 people jumped to their feet for sixteen and one-half minutes of uninterrupted thunderous ovation, as flames illuminated her tear-stained face!
And that, Marjorie “ just so you will know “ and your children will someday know -—is the night the lights went out in Georgia!
What a shame. She was always so beautiful, charming, and gracious. I did admire her so—always wanted to be just like her. Such a loss to us all! and her family must be overwhelmed with grief.
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