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Published: July 23, 2008
'Golden Girls' star Estelle Getty dies at age 84
LOS ANGELES — 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. She was 84.
Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica .
"Estelle always wanted to ...
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