My third RIP post as in as in many days, it seems.
Three down, one to go. I almost fell out of my train seat this morning when I read that Rue had passed at 1am this morning. She suffered a massive stroke (the second one within a year).
The 76-year-old Golden Girls star and Emmy-winning actress had a massive stroke on Monday and passed away on Thursday. But she “had her family with her,” her manager, Barbara Lawrence, tells People. “She went in peace.”
Betty White is the only surviving Golden Girl as Rue’s costar, Beatrice Arthur, died from cancer last year and Estelle Getty died in 2008.
Betty tells ET, “Rue was a close and dear friend. I treasure our relationship. It hurts more than I ever thought it would, if that’s even possible.”
When Bea died last year, I was riding into Rest Stop 4 as part of my AIDS Lifecycle training. Grown men were sobbing as they sat on curbs next to their bikes. While there weren’t many grown men crying on CalTrain this morning, I must have looked like one.
Below is the “Best of Blanche.” Enjoy. And, Rue, thank you for being a friend!
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