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Estelle Getty dies at 84


July 22, 2008 Estelle Getty, who played meddling mother Sophia on "The Golden Girls," died Tuesday morning. Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica. Getty co-starred on "Golden Girls" from 1985-92 and reprised the tart-tongued Sophia on four other TV series: "The Golden Palace," "Nurses," "Empty Nest" and "Blossom."

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