Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Golden Gone, Just Like the Lead


We have a tie up top ladies and gents, and we have Estelle Getty to thank. The Golden Girl passed away at the age of 84 after battling dementia. Getty played Sophia on the sit-com featuring four females filling time in Florida. Her role was originally smaller, but evolved during the show's 7-year run because the audience liked the character. Her tongue was sharp, often delivering cutting insults to Rue McClanahan, Betty White, or Bea Arthur (all good mid-season pickup candidates, as they are all older).

As a result of this passing, Mark and Beth are in a dead heat (so to speak) on the top of the death pool heap.

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