Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Estelle Getty (July 25th, 1923 - July 22nd, 2008)

*sniff* Ma... (some clips after the break).





Posted by Keith Uhlich at 3:57 PM
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Emory said...

As I wipe the tears from my eyes I'm still trying to figure out how to say goodbye... after watching the Girls since the 80's and owning all the DVD's... I use to watch them every evening at dinner time on Lifetime... and then Lifetime changed the schedule so ever since then I watch one of the dvd's each evening at dinner time 7 days/week... also sometimes at bedtime and even more on the weekends.

I have most of the dvd's memorized yet I still can't seem to get enough... I'm sure that will sound weird to some people but I just don't know how to explain it.

We've all known Estelle has been in bad health for many years now... but at the same time I just could not let go of the hope that some day she would get better and that maybe one day my dream would come true that all 4 Golden Girls who I love equally would be able to do one last reunion show for us.

For many years now I've been dreading the day that we would lose one of our Golden Girls... and now that it has happened I have to say that I still didn't think the pain would hurt this much...

---pausing to dry my eyes, I can hardly see the keyboard---

the pain I feel in my chest is almost unbearable and I've never felt this hurt or cried this hard for someone I've never met in person and didn't even know personally...

and what's worse is that we're going to have to go thru this pain 3 more times when God takes away the last 3 Golden Girls from us.

I never had a chance to thank Estelle for all the laughs and to say
I Love You...

But I'm taking this opportunity to tell the other 3...

I Love You Bea
I Love You Betty
I Love You Rue

Thank You all for the many years of laughter... you've made life much more enjoyable!
I Love You all!

Rest in Peace our dearest Estelle... you'll be deeply missed.

7/22/2008 10:42 PM
estiv said...

I wish the writing had always been up to the level of the acting on that show. But when they nailed it, they nailed it. And those years of stage work showed: watching Estelle Getty and Bea Arthur play a scene together is like watching a low-key master class. No muss, no fuss, but everything works for the greater good.

7/23/2008 12:07 AM

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