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Golden Girls pay tribute to Getty
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Despite her sitcom success with " The Golden Girls son Carl Gettleman told friends and family gathered at a private memorial service Thursday that his mother always chose frugal over flashy. (article 5) Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 A.M. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica. (article 1) The Golden Girls, featuring four female retirees sharing a house in Miami, grew out of NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff's belief that television was ignoring its older viewers. (article 1) Three of its stars had already appeared in previous series: Bea Arthur in Maude, Betty White in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rue McClanahan in Mama's Family. (article 1) Estelle Getty, whose portrayal of a crabbily charming octogenarian on the television sitcom "The Golden Girls" gave new prominence to elderly characters in prime time and endeared her to viewers of all ages, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. (article 3) LOS ANGELES, California (AP) Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's " The Golden Girls has died. (article 6)

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