Estelle Getty, May She Rest in Peace

[jitterbug13]

I guess since they already show it at 4 p.m., it sort of makes sense. I would normally be home during that time since I work on Fridays, but I'll probably be just arriving in Orlando when it's on.

[Senusret I]

I wonder if they were invited?

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I wonder if they were invited?

Found this while digging:

TV's Inside Edition caught up with Estelle Getty's son, Carl, to get
to the bottom of why the living Golden Girls skipped out on her
funeral.



Carl told the show, "They would certainly have been welcome. I don't
know why they wouldn't be attending mom's funeral. Maybe it's a
painful thing…As for the rest of them you're going to have to ask them
how they felt about it and why they did or didn't come."



Inside Edition took Carl's advice and reached out to the ladies.

Bea "Dorothy" Arthur, told the show she's been grieving for years over
Getty's long decline due to dementia, and could not deal with the
emotion of a funeral: "She's been out of it so many years, not
recognizing anyone. It's a Godsend. She's at peace."



Rue "Blanche" McClanahan, said that she couldn't attend the funeral
because she recently had surgery: "I'd like them to know that I didn't
[attend the funeral] because I can't fly right now with knee surgery.
I don't know why Betty and Bea didn't go, maybe because they, too,
have said their goodbyes to her when she was alive."



The show did not speak with Betty White, but they learned that she
sent a bouquet of flowers with a card that read, "Love, Betty White."
In quotes she added the name of her character on the show, "Rose."

And there you have it.



Estelle's son seems to have perceived the absences as a snub, though.
Says Carl: "If it was someone I'd been tight with like that and worked
with all those years I'd have been there."

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[Senusret I]

Awww.....it's sad that he saw it as a snub. I hope he comes to realize that people grieve differently. Moreover, although funerals are to comfort the living, maybe they just weren't very close to the rest of her family like that.

[nikki1920]

I think they said their goodbyes long ago. Maybe they didn't want to intrude on the family's goodbye.

Damn, Sophia is gone.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Awww.....it's sad that he saw it as a snub. I hope he comes to realize that people grieve differently. Moreover, although funerals are to comfort the living, maybe they just weren't very close to the rest of her family like that.

I agree

[AGDee]

Well, and let's remember how old they all are. It's not easy to travel as you age. I have also found that the more people I lose, the harder it is to go to funerals. It seems to jar up all the emotions from every funeral I've experienced. I can see getting to a point where I just can't go any more.

[AGDLynn]

I agree with Dee, maybe they were physically not up to it. They had said their goodbyes to Estelle in their own way.

[OleMissGlitter]

How sad. I use to watch the Golden Girls with my great grandmother when I was growing up...good times...RIP