Estelle Getty died Tuesday, July 22 at the age of 84 of severe dementia. If ya don't know, Estelle Getty played Sofia on The Golden Girls, a great long-running US TV show (ran from late '80s to mid '90s). Sofia was the cantankerous loving ol Sicilian who loved to give Dorothy shit. I loved her! She was the funniest character on that show, if you ask me. She also had an interesting life. She was very committed to her craft and her story makes me think of how obsessed with youth our culture is...basically once an actress starts showing wrinkles that's pretty much the end of her career. Yet men can be the "older suave gentleman" (i.e., Sean Connery, Harrison Ford - isn't he like 90?)...whatevs. Women are not yet men's equal, at least not in the entertainment industry.
Enough of this idle pandering, check out the article CNN did on her. She was an actress fo' life!
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