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Thank you for being a friend, Estelle

This week “Golden Girls” fans from across the globe got some sad news – Estelle Getty who portrayed spunky “Sophia” died at the age of 84.

I was born in the 80s so I grew up watching Rose, Blanche, Dorothy and Sophia every Saturday night. Now I watch them in syndication just about everyday. I’ve even introduced the show to my husband – who will never admit he actually thinks the show is funny!

Estelle was a great actress with wonderful comedic timing. I learned a lot about humor and sarcasm from just watching her. I think she helped shape my sense of humor a bit!

Memorial blogs have been posted on Entertainment Weekly and GOLO, where readers created two Estelle blogs!

I can’t think of a better way to honor Estelle than to post our favorite Sophia memories:

I’ll go first:

Sophia: Dorothy, have you seen my teeth?

Dorothy: Ma, they’re in your mouth.

Sophia: I know that! Do they look good? I just ran them through the dishwasher. (smiling)

Dorothy: Ma, you got Martha Raye and Madge mixed up again.

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Blanche: My life is an open book.

Sophia: Your life is an open blouse!

Another,

Sophia: Rose, it's nice to have a quiet cup of coffee with you. Rose: Oh Sophia... Sophia: I SAID QUIET!!!!!!

I don't have a Sophia quote, but I remember watching Golden Girls with my family every Saturday night when I was in my preteen years. That show worked because of Sophia.

Rose: Here you are, Sophia. The perfect after-dinner treat, a nice dish of Jell-O.

Sophia: I hate Jell-O. If God wanted peaches suspended in midair, he would have filled them with helium.

Or her Rose-like moments of "Picture it -- Sicily 1926..."

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