<p>[?Golden</a> Girls? star Bea Arthur dies at 86 - Celebrities- msnbc.com](<a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30407408/]?Golden”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30407408/)</p>
<p>I always liked her; I’m old enough to remember “Maude.” (I watched an episode with my son a year or so ago – boy, was it dated! But still pretty funny.) My son was a big fan of hers, and of “Golden Girls.”</p>
<p>I saw that earlier today… RIP, one funny lady, a true golden girl</p>
<p>That’s so sad. I really liked her, but most people of my generation don’t know who that is :(.</p>
<p>Maude was such a funny show! I never saw her in “Mame” but I can certainly imagine her in the role and how perfect she was for it.</p>
<p>I loved her butting heads with Archie in All in the Family.</p>
<p>So sad! Just in the last month or so, I’ve started watching reruns of Golden Girls. I could never figure out why my grandmother would laugh so hard at that show, and why I always thought it was so, well, blah. Now I know… most of the humor you have to be of a certain age to ‘get’.</p>
<p>Just a couple of weeks ago, while out for a birthday dinner with some friends, I mentioned how I knew I was getting older, because Golden Girls was appealing to me now. Bea Arthur was a phenomenal actress… and classy (in her own unique way!).</p>
<p>Loved her both in "Golden Girls’ and in “Maude”. She will be missed…</p>
<p>I loved Maude. And reruns of the Golden Girls have cheered me on many a sleepless night. I will miss her.</p>
<p>I was fortunate enough to see her and Angela Lansbury in “Mame” - it takes a special talent to steal (or even share) the spotlight from Lansbury, but she did it. “Bosom Buddies” is one of the funniest duets ever written for two women.</p>
<p>Thank goodness we have reruns of “Golden Girls” and will not lose that wonderful voice.</p>
<p>awww chedva… that must have been an awesome experience!</p>
<p>I never saw her butting heads with Archie, but I sure wish I had. I LOVED her Dorothy Zbornak. She truly was a “Golden Girl”.</p>