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Subject: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: lola669 on 06/03/10 at 10:37 am

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  :( :\'(

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Frank on 06/03/10 at 10:51 am

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

sad news...

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: ChuckyG on 06/03/10 at 11:13 am

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

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/03/10 at 11:14 am


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

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: danootaandme on 06/03/10 at 11:51 am

:\'(

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: whistledog on 06/03/10 at 11:58 am

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 :\'(

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: ninny on 06/03/10 at 12:05 pm

*Sigh* so very sad R.I.P Rue  :\'(

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Doc Brown on 06/03/10 at 12:27 pm

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

:\'(

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: snozberries on 06/03/10 at 2:17 pm


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

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: wsmith4 on 06/03/10 at 2:44 pm

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!!

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: 80sTrivMeister on 06/03/10 at 3:37 pm

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

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: ladybug316 on 06/03/10 at 3:52 pm

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!

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: LyricBoy on 06/03/10 at 5:48 pm

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!  :)

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Dagwood on 06/03/10 at 6:29 pm

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

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Howard on 06/03/10 at 6:54 pm

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

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: whistledog on 06/03/10 at 7:28 pm

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.

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: coqueta83 on 06/03/10 at 7:31 pm

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

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Howard on 06/03/10 at 7:34 pm

The final Golden Girl survives.

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: whistledog on 06/03/10 at 7:35 pm

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.

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Bobby on 06/03/10 at 7:39 pm

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.

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: robby76 on 06/03/10 at 10:55 pm

God bless ya Rue!!!  :(

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Howard on 06/04/10 at 5:27 am


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.  :(

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: ladybug316 on 06/04/10 at 6:34 am


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...

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: snozberries on 06/04/10 at 10:11 am



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

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: JamieMcBain on 06/04/10 at 11:35 am

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

:\'(

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: wsmith4 on 06/04/10 at 1:36 pm


It seems like one year after the other. :(

RIP Blanche.  :(


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

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Ashkicksass on 06/04/10 at 1:39 pm


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.   :\'(

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Howard on 06/04/10 at 2:42 pm


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?

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Howard on 06/04/10 at 2:42 pm


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.

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: LyricBoy on 06/04/10 at 4:44 pm


Could Betty White be next?


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

Only question is when...  :-\\

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: 80sTrivMeister on 06/04/10 at 6:00 pm


Could Betty White be next?


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

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Foo Bar on 06/04/10 at 11:28 pm


The final Golden Girl survives.


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

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: gumbypiz on 06/05/10 at 3:45 am


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.

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Howard on 06/05/10 at 5:32 am


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


Me neither.  :(

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Howard on 06/05/10 at 5:33 am


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

Only question is when...  :-\\


God only knows.  :(

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: 80sTrivMeister on 06/05/10 at 7:20 am


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!!!

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Howard on 06/05/10 at 2:43 pm

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

:)

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Foo Bar on 06/05/10 at 7:35 pm


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.

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: 80sTrivMeister on 06/06/10 at 6:33 am


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

:)


My favorite picture of The Girls...

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Howard on 06/06/10 at 7:06 am


My favorite picture of The Girls...


My favorite too.

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: apollonia1986 on 06/07/10 at 1:18 am

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.

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Howard on 06/07/10 at 6:43 am

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

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: snozberries on 06/07/10 at 10:00 am


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!!!

Subject: Re: Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76...

Written By: Howard on 06/07/10 at 12:29 pm


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


She'd be a great grandmother.

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