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	makeshyft 2009-04-25 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	Deadpool's gonna be devestated.. and he's not the only one. Damn.. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	bienegold 2009-04-25 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	And it's Deadpool week and everything. Seriously, that's too bad. She was fab. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	riah_chan 2009-04-26 12:10 am UTC (link)
	This was my first thought too! It's sad. :( (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rennyn_alerothi 2009-04-26 12:20 am UTC (link)
	:( I will always be grateful to Bea Arthur...Golden Girls got me through many a boring weeknight. Also, as for Deadpool/Bea Arthur...there's fanart of it. (SFW.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lilpocketnin 2009-04-26 09:07 am UTC (link)
	My life is more complete for having seen this. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	atreyu 2009-04-26 01:12 am UTC (link)
	Goddamn that was my first thought too. The second was, 'shit, Deadpool's not even real, where are my priorities.' (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yoritomo_reiko 2009-04-26 11:11 am UTC (link)
	Where are your priorities? Probably the same place as mine. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-04-26 01:45 am UTC (link)
	"Motto." :p (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mcity 2009-04-26 02:56 am UTC (link)
	Motto. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lilpocketnin 2009-04-26 09:06 am UTC (link)
	First thought: Oh, I wonder if mom's heard yet. She'll be sad. :( Second thought: OH GOD DEADPOOL. D: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	singe 2009-04-26 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Poor Wade," was my second reaction. My first was "Goddamn it, there goes a huge chunk of my youth." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	vitalitat 2009-04-25 09:46 pm UTC (link)
	:((( (Reply to this)

	$a_trill: Xena {Xena/Gab} Hugs$ a_trill 2009-04-25 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	D: I was hoping she would live forever. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	notjo 2009-04-26 06:21 am UTC (link)
	Me too. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	damisi 2009-04-26 11:11 am UTC (link)
	Cosigned. :( (Reply to this)(Parent)

	persona 2009-04-26 05:19 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, same here. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	harrylovesron 2009-04-25 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	:( I LOVED Golden Girls when I was a kid, and Dorothy was my favorite next to Sophia. Thank you for being a friend, Bea. (Reply to this)

	cygnia 2009-04-25 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	pours one out for the fallen (Reply to this)

	doomsday 2009-04-25 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	This makes me really sad. Dorothy's always reminded me so much of my grandma (and Sofia was exactly like my great-grandma, strangely). Golden Girls reruns are going to be that much sadder now. RIP, Bea. :( (Reply to this)

	xero_sky 2009-04-25 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	Aww... There was a woman who truly understood the use of sarcasm as a deadly weapon. salutes (Reply to this)

	reeve 2009-04-25 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	:'( (Reply to this)

	finchbird 2009-04-26 12:37 am UTC (link)
	People like her are supposed to stay on this planet forever. (Reply to this)

	rosehiptea 2009-04-26 02:09 am UTC (link)
	I remember her from Maude too, when I was a kid. Rest in peace, Bea. (Reply to this)

	rotten_fish 2009-04-26 02:13 am UTC (link)
	;__________; (Reply to this)

	ladyofviolets 2009-04-26 02:14 am UTC (link)
	First Estelle Getty, now Bea Arthur? Shoot. =( (Reply to this)

	erinny 2009-04-26 02:32 am UTC (link)
	So I totally just cried watching the Golden Girls opening credits on YouTube. Major love, Bea. (Reply to this)

	lady_ganesh 2009-04-26 02:35 am UTC (link)
	I'll miss her! (Reply to this)

	wankismyfandom 2009-04-26 03:35 am UTC (link)
	She'll be missed. (Reply to this)

	sizer 2009-04-26 04:11 am UTC (link)
	;___________; I listened to the Mame soundtrack constantly as a kid; I <3'd bea! (Reply to this)

	palabradot 2009-04-26 04:27 am UTC (link)
	Okay, time to move Betty White into protective custody. She, Estelle, and Bea were why I watched Golden Girls every week. (Reply to this)

	phosfate 2009-04-26 05:37 am UTC (link)
	WALTER FINDLAY, YOU SON OF A BITCH! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	calatha 2009-04-26 12:16 pm UTC (link)
	God'll get you for that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	senor_pinata 2009-04-26 05:40 am UTC (link)
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	sparkysrevenge 2009-04-26 07:48 am UTC (link)
	But who's Stan going to annoy now? :( (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sparkysrevenge 2009-04-26 07:50 am UTC (link)
	Uh, nevermind that he died 13 years ago. D: (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2009-04-26 08:29 am UTC (link)
	Wait. STAN died?! What?! Damn it! No one else in the cast is allowed to die! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lilpocketnin 2009-04-26 09:08 am UTC (link)
	GODDAMN IT. The world is a less snarky wonderful place. (Reply to this)

thespie
2009-04-26 11:29 am UTC (link)

Being a member of the mid-forties contingent here, I was old enough to see [i]Maude[/i] in first-run. Growing up big-city blue-collar, I knew a lot of Archie Bunker types, but I never knew a Maude Findlay. What Bea Arthur did was a revelation. I honestly never knew women could be like that because I'd never encountered a woman like that. And if she hadn't been played by Bea Arthur, it just wouldn't have had the same effect. You just know she's up there right now barging in on that great production of [i]Mame[/i] in the sky telling Roz Russell and Lucy to move over.

Now that I really think about it, Li'l Spie learned how to Deadpan Snark courtesy of Maude Findlay and Hawkeye Pierce (and how to be an asshole from Mike Wallace). CBS, you have a lot to answer for.

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	brennalarose 2009-04-26 07:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh! A bullshit artist!" is one of my top ten movie quotes. I'll miss her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tez 2009-04-26 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	YES. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	phosfate 2009-04-27 02:25 am UTC (link)
	:D Exactly opposite here. I knew loads of Maudes (few in her league, of course, though the neighborhood moms all rocked those plaid trousers), but precious few Archies. Well, out in the open Archies, anyway. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lysana 2009-04-27 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	Gods, yes, this. Maude is part of why I became a feminist. (Reply to this)(Parent)