"Golden Girl" Estelle Getty has gone to the big lanai in the sky and died at the age of 84, just three days shy of her 85th birthday.
Estelle passed away at 5:35 AM this morning at her L.A. home surrounded by her family and caregivers. Getty had been suffering for years with Lewy Body Dementia.
Although one year younger than Bea Arthur, Estelle is best known for playing her wise-cracking Sicilian mother Sophia Petrillo on "The Golden Girls." Co-star Betty White is also one year older than Estelle.
1. I'm on pages 79 and 80 of the August issue of Fitness Magazine that's on out right now!
2. Shane Webb and I are excited to bring you our fourth Shrink show this WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 Shrink @ Otto's Shrunken Head 538 East 14th Street, New York City, 10009 Stand-Up Comedy Variety Show. "When you Shrink, you come closer together." Hosted by Sharon "Mama" Spell and Shane Webb. Featuring: Sue Funke, Chelsea White, Moody McCarthy, Joselyn Hughes, Mark Norman, Fat Penguin. Free. 7-9 pm
"When someone's not funny, I hide behind your hair." -- Shane Webb to Mama Spell @ an open mic night, June 30, 2008.
I didn't participate in any gay pride celebrations this year. Please don't tell the gays, they will be so disappointed in me. But really, I should be exempt because every time I leave the house with my hair did it's a gay pride celebration. That is every dadgum day, y'all.
Shane and I have a new weekly variety show in New York. It starts this week.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 @ Shrink @ Otto's Shrunken Head 538 East 14th Street, New York City, 10009 Stand-Up Comedy Variety Show. "Getting down to the core of comedy. For Free!" Hosted by Sharon "Mama" Spell and Shane Webb. Featuring: DJ Hazard, Pat O'Shea, Rob Gorden, Vicki Ferentinos, Carla Rhodes, Erin Judge. Free. 7-9 pm http://myspace.com/shrinkatottos
One of Sawyer's favorite pastimes is playing with the vacuum cleaner. It's about 3 times his size, but he can lift & pull it out of its home in the corner by the washing machine. I know that's what he's going for when he's on his way to that part of the apartment, because on the way he starts saying, "VROOOOM" and I echo that as I follow him in a call and response. This past week I got really good belly laughs from my baby boss by making that sound while making the vacuum pop wheelies. Yeah, I'm a bit like The Toy.
And after a while I got tired of making the noise, so I actually turned the vacuum on. That also got laughs, and I started chasing him with the vacuum cleaner for further high hilarity.
I'm convinced now that young master Sawyer's real name is Tom Sawyer. This week he not only got me to vacuum the entire apartment, but also white-wash their picket fence.
Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina Yothers
Current mood: sassy
I don’t like people interrogating me:
"How are you doing?" "What’s going on?" "Everything ok?" "What’s up?" "How’s it hanging?" "When’s dinner?"
Really, people. I don’t have all the answers. I am only a simple woman. If Perón can love me, he can love all of me. Tell Ché to represent the voice of the people in the form of a statement from now on. No more callers, we have a winner. Thank you.
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