Rue McClanahan dead at 76

[epchick]

Thank you for being a friend, Rue!

RIP

I hope Betty stays with us longer though, she's my favorite!

[precipice]

RIP

Blanche: There was a time in my life when I tried quittin' somethin'.
Dorothy: Blanche, you don't mean...
Blanche: Sex, Dorothy. I tried quittin' sex.
Dorothy: Obviously you fell off the wagon.
Sophia: And onto a naval base.

[AGDee]

When I heard this at lunch time today, the first thing that popped in my head was "Oh dear, GCers are going to be so upset".

I spend entirely way too much time with you people.

[ColdInCanada11]

And on the show, Blanche was an Alpha Gam!! That's so sad, 76 is too young

[christiangirl]

Just like with Gary Coleman, I found out because someone left an article up on the computer screen at work--only this time, I screamed when I saw it. This is so sad.

I always thought of her as an all-grown-up Blaire from The Facts of Life.

[LXA SE285]

"Nancy, honey, I don't generally like to throw my name around, but you really leave me no choice. It so happens that I am Miss Angie Dickinson."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=820LRZoPbMk

[Kevin]

She apparently used to babysit my mother in law. Had way bad acne back in the day. Bummer.

[KSUViolet06]

"They're all sitting around the big kitchen table in the sky, waiting on Betty."

--My mom. It made me super sad

[precipice]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

"They're all sitting around the big kitchen table in the sky, waiting on Betty."

I know it wasn't intended to be, but that's depressing as hell.

I'd like to think that they're in some heavenly cabaret sipping good wine and telling dirty jokes.