We are running out of “friends” as another “Golden Girl” has died. Rue McClanahan died on June 3rd after suffering a stroke. She was 76. McClanahan (Blanche, the man-crazed Golden Girl) follows Estelle Getty (Sophia, the oldest Golden Girl), who died in 2008 of natural causes and Bea Arthur (Dorothy, Sophia’s daughter), who died in 2009 of cancer. That leaves only Betty White (Rose, the dimwitted Golden Girl), the 88-year-old dynamo who has seen a recent resurgence in her career. McClanahan was born in Healdton, Oklahoma and made her acting debut on stage in 1957 at the Erie Playhouse in … Continue reading →