Bea Arthur Passes Away

TV legend Bea Arthur was known for her husky voice on The Golden Girls. She died Saturday at her Los Angeles home from cancer at the age of 86.

Arthur, born Bernice Frankel in New York on May 13, 1922, started out in theater in the 1940s and was a nightclub singer before beginning her career in television, which netted her 11 Emmy nominations, including a win in 1977 for "Maude" and another in 1988 for "The Golden Girls."

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Golden Girl Passes Away

Former Golden Girl star Estelle Getty, best known for playing sarcastic, wise-cracking Sophia Petrillo, has died at the age of 84, just three days shy of her 85th birthday.

Her official website, EstelleGetty.com, also had an official announcement:

“To all of Estelle’s Fans,
Sadly, today July 22, 2008 at 5:35 a.m. Pacific Time, we said our last good-byes to our little friend Estelle, who passed away and made her journey to the great beyond. Although it was a trip that she never wanted to take, she went gracefully, in the comfort of her own home (in Los Angeles), surrounded by her family and her very loving care-givers. Estelle’s legacy will live on and on through the comedy and laughter she gave to us all, which will forever keep us laughing out loud.”