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1. Golden Girls star Bea Arthur dies at 86

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   Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows Maude and The Golden Girls " and who won a Tony Award for the musical Mame , died Saturday. She was 86. ^{link »}

   Arthur was best known for playing Dorothy on the long-running sitcom The Golden Girls, alongside Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, She also starred on the 1970s series, Maude. Maude, which debuted on CBS in 1972 (and ran until 1978) was a spin-off of the hit All in the Family. As the liberal cousin of arch-conservative Archie Bunker's wife Edith, Maude wasn't afraid to broach such controversial (especially for TV at the time) topics as abortion and civil rights. She also won a Tony Award for her role in the Broadway musical Mame. ^{link »}

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