"Golden Girl" Rue McClanahan recovering from stroke. [UPDATE: Dead]
01-14-10, 04:50 PM
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"Golden Girl" Rue McClanahan recovering from stroke. [UPDATE: Dead]
Such terrible news. I am so sad to hear this. I pray for her speedy and complete recovery:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/1/20100114/...f-c60bd6d.html
Golden Girls star Rue Mcclanahan is struggling to walk and talk after suffering a stroke while recovering from a November heart bypass operation.
The actress' husband Morrow Wilson tells America's Globe magazine the 75 year old collapsed in a New York hospital a week after undergoing surgery.
Doctors worked around the clock to remove a blood clot, but feared they'd failed to save McClanahan's life.
Wilson says, "Then, her right leg began to move and, not long afterward, she was able to walk a bit.
"They kept her in ICU (intensive care) for two weeks and then put her into the rehab centre. She's come out of that and is now in a nursing facility."
But the stroke has taken it's toll on the actress.
Wilson, who has been married to McClanahan for 12 years, adds, "She can understand what you are saying in conversation, but still has some trouble speaking. Her speech is slower than it once was and she hasn't completely recovered on the right side of her body.
"She's going to require a lot more physical and speech therapy... but at least it's not like I stay awake at nights anymore thinking that Rue is going to die."
McClanahan's health crisis is the latest drama for the former Golden Girls cast - Estelle Getty died in 2008 and Bea Arthur lost her battle with cancer last April.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/1/20100114/...f-c60bd6d.html
Golden Girls star Rue Mcclanahan is struggling to walk and talk after suffering a stroke while recovering from a November heart bypass operation.
The actress' husband Morrow Wilson tells America's Globe magazine the 75 year old collapsed in a New York hospital a week after undergoing surgery.
Doctors worked around the clock to remove a blood clot, but feared they'd failed to save McClanahan's life.
Wilson says, "Then, her right leg began to move and, not long afterward, she was able to walk a bit.
"They kept her in ICU (intensive care) for two weeks and then put her into the rehab centre. She's come out of that and is now in a nursing facility."
But the stroke has taken it's toll on the actress.
Wilson, who has been married to McClanahan for 12 years, adds, "She can understand what you are saying in conversation, but still has some trouble speaking. Her speech is slower than it once was and she hasn't completely recovered on the right side of her body.
"She's going to require a lot more physical and speech therapy... but at least it's not like I stay awake at nights anymore thinking that Rue is going to die."
McClanahan's health crisis is the latest drama for the former Golden Girls cast - Estelle Getty died in 2008 and Bea Arthur lost her battle with cancer last April.
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She died.
http://www.people.com/people/article...390844,00.html
http://www.people.com/people/article...390844,00.html
Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76
By Charlotte Triggs and Stephen M. Silverman
Thursday June 03, 2010 11:15 AM EDT
Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76
Walter McBride/Retna
Golden Girl Rue McClanahan, 76, has died.
"She passed away at 1 a.m. this morning," her manager, Barbara Lawrence, tells PEOPLE. She had a massive stroke."
McClanahan, who played Blanche Deveraux on the still-popular '80s sitcom Golden Girls, had suffered a minor stroke earlier this year while recovering from bypass surgery. Lawrence added that at the time of her death Thursday, McClanahan “had her family with her. She went in peace.”
Still in syndication, Golden Girls ran on NBC from 1985 to 1992. Only last year, McClanahan's costar, Beatrice Arthur, died from cancer. Estelle Getty died in 2008. Surviving star Betty White is currently enjoying a remarkable resurgence in her career, having recently hosted Saturday Night Live.
Born in Healdton, Okla., Rue lived in six towns by the time she was 8. (Her father was a road builder who moved from one project to another.) She found solace in acting ("the only thing I ever wanted to do") and after four years at the University of Tulsa moved to New York, where she worked as a part-time file clerk while trying to find jobs in the theater.
By Charlotte Triggs and Stephen M. Silverman
Thursday June 03, 2010 11:15 AM EDT
Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76
Walter McBride/Retna
Golden Girl Rue McClanahan, 76, has died.
"She passed away at 1 a.m. this morning," her manager, Barbara Lawrence, tells PEOPLE. She had a massive stroke."
McClanahan, who played Blanche Deveraux on the still-popular '80s sitcom Golden Girls, had suffered a minor stroke earlier this year while recovering from bypass surgery. Lawrence added that at the time of her death Thursday, McClanahan “had her family with her. She went in peace.”
Still in syndication, Golden Girls ran on NBC from 1985 to 1992. Only last year, McClanahan's costar, Beatrice Arthur, died from cancer. Estelle Getty died in 2008. Surviving star Betty White is currently enjoying a remarkable resurgence in her career, having recently hosted Saturday Night Live.
Born in Healdton, Okla., Rue lived in six towns by the time she was 8. (Her father was a road builder who moved from one project to another.) She found solace in acting ("the only thing I ever wanted to do") and after four years at the University of Tulsa moved to New York, where she worked as a part-time file clerk while trying to find jobs in the theater.
06-03-10, 10:54 AM
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Watching the members of the Golden Girls slowly die off over the past years is not unlike what it would be like watching the members of the X-Men gradually kicking the bucket.
Betty White can never die.
RIP Rue McClanahan
Betty White can never die.
RIP Rue McClanahan
06-03-10, 11:14 AM
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all the Golden Girls are/were classy women. Thanks for the laughs Ms. McClanahan.
RIP.
RIP.
06-03-10, 11:58 AM
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06-03-10, 05:14 PM
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Sad news.
She was good recently in the Sordid Lives series, not including her illustrious career in TV in general. She played Blanche on four different series; and her resume goes from Mama's Family to Law and Order to The Love Boat to Murphy Brown and beyond. I feel like I've grown up watching her.
You will be missed. RIP Rue.
She was good recently in the Sordid Lives series, not including her illustrious career in TV in general. She played Blanche on four different series; and her resume goes from Mama's Family to Law and Order to The Love Boat to Murphy Brown and beyond. I feel like I've grown up watching her.
You will be missed. RIP Rue.
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2010 has sure been a crappy and depressing year with all the high-profile deaths. The sad thing is that we're only halfway through it.