Published 7/22/2008
at L.A. Times - TV News
The stage veteran received acclaim as the wise-cracking Sophia Petrillo on 'The Golden Girls.' Getty had been battling Lewy body dementia, her caretaker said.
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Estelle Getty, whose acting career bloomed late in life with her Emmy-winning performance as Sophia Petrillo, the wise-cracking mother of Bea Arthur on the popular NBC sitcom "The Golden Girls," died Tuesday. She was 84.
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