R.I.P. (thank you for being a friend)

i was so sad to hear today that rue mcclanahan has died, i love the golden girls.
gay demographic aside, the golden girls is a show that nobody of my generation really seemed to get into in australia. probably because (like 'i love lucy') it was never on afternoon tv as re-runs all the time as it is in the states.  of course it is on foxtel now, but everyone seems to think its a dumb show about old ladies and skips right past it, unawares that they're passing up on a truly funny show.

mcclanahan played sassy (i hate that word but she actually was), man-eating (as much as you can be when you're 60) southern belle blanche devereaux.

R.I.P.