And then there was Bea.

April 25, 2009 1:19 PM

Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like Bea? Legendary actress and comedian of screen and stage, star of the landmark Maude and the later cultural touchstone Golden Girls, Bea Arthur, recent inductee to the Television Hall of Fame, iconoclast, dies at 86. Oh, what'll we do?
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur (25 comments total)

Thank you for being a friend. :(
posted by milarepa at 1:20 PM on April 25, 2009

She deserves both posts.
posted by R. Mutt at 1:21 PM on April 25, 2009

Oh wow.

I JUST told someone this morning that Bea Arthur was still alive, and that she'd probably live forever.

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posted by Windigo at 1:24 PM on April 25, 2009 [2 favorites]

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posted by flamk at 1:25 PM on April 25, 2009

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posted by schyler523 at 1:26 PM on April 25, 2009

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posted by HyperBlue at 1:26 PM on April 25, 2009

*Invokes the "Let Bea Arthur Have Two Obituary Posts" Act.
posted by R. Mutt at 1:29 PM on April 25, 2009 [1 favorite]

aw.
posted by vrakatar at 1:29 PM on April 25, 2009

cultural touchstone? really?
posted by timsteil at 1:30 PM on April 25, 2009

Really.
posted by Your Time Machine Sucks at 1:33 PM on April 25, 2009 [1 favorite]

I read this post, sitting at home alone on my couch and actually went "Nooooooooooooooo!" out loud. I am surprised for some reason to hear that she was 86.

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posted by aclevername at 1:38 PM on April 25, 2009

That's a damn shame. She was a funny lady and may she rest in peace.

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posted by friendlyjuan at 1:41 PM on April 25, 2009

she's still dead.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:41 PM on April 25, 2009

epony .
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 1:46 PM on April 25, 2009 [7 favorites]

"I JUST told someone this morning that Bea Arthur was still alive, and that she'd probably live forever."

So it was your fault, then.

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posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 1:46 PM on April 25, 2009

cultural touchstone? really?

Hell yes. She was awesome.

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posted by The Light Fantastic at 1:48 PM on April 25, 2009

SNIFF SWIG PUFF - Rock Hudson! Bea Arthur! Youtube!
posted by squalor at 1:50 PM on April 25, 2009

Compromisin’, enterprisin’, anything but tranquilizin'

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posted by mazola at 1:51 PM on April 25, 2009

Fuck. I can't believe this. Damn. See you on the lanai, Bea.

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posted by nooneyouknow at 1:53 PM on April 25, 2009 [1 favorite]

cultural touchstone? really?

really!
really, really.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:55 PM on April 25, 2009

Saw Norman Lear speak about her a few weeks ago-- he said that the Network Execs called him demanding a spinoff for her before the credits even rolled on her All In The Family debut. She was the best!
posted by activitystory at 1:56 PM on April 25, 2009 [1 favorite]

The whole Archive of American Television interview.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:59 PM on April 25, 2009

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posted by EatTheWeek at 2:04 PM on April 25, 2009

I had such a crush on Bea.*

I made my Mom sew one of those long vesty things I saw her wear on 'All In The Family' and 'Maude.'

I was four feet tall and in grade school....it didn't quite work for me.

*(Should have been a clue, right there.)
posted by merelyglib at 2:07 PM on April 25, 2009

Seconding the crush on Bea.

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posted by strixus at 2:14 PM on April 25, 2009 [1 favorite]