Apr 26th, 2009 - Entertainment Weekly
Bea Arthur and Rue McClanahan rank among TV's all-time great comic matchups, first on the groundbreaking '70s sitcom Maude, and later, during seven seasons of the Emmy-winning ensemble comedy The Golden Girls...
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Ginia Bellafante on Bea Arthur, ‘Maude' and Abortion
Apr 27th, 2009 - New York Times
Updated | 5:10 p.m. Bea Arthur's death on Saturday, at the age of 86, reminds us how conservative television has become since the '70s at least in regard to the subject of abortion. During the first season of "Maude," in 1972...
Bea Arthur Remembered By 'Golden Girls' Co-Stars
Apr 27th, 2009 - MTV
She was known for her husky voice and brash, outspoken attitude on TV, but actress Bea Arthur, who died Saturday at her Los Angeles home from cancer at the age of 86...
VIDEO: Betty White, Rue McClanahan Recall 'Shy' Bea Arthur
Apr 27th, 2009 - People
Despite her booming voice and boisterous personality – "Let's face it," the 5'9" leading lady once quipped, "nobody ever asked me to play Juliet" – Beatrice Arthur was very private...
"Golden Girls" say emotional goodbyes to Bea Arthur
Apr 26th, 2009 - kansascity
The news of Bea Arthur's death Saturday brought these words from her fellow "Golden Girls." "I knew it would hurt, I just didn't know it would hurt this much. I'm so happy that she received her Lifetime Achievement Award while she was still with us...
Actress Bea Arthur dead at 86
Apr 25th, 2009 - CNN
Bea Arthur, right, with "Golden Girls" co-stars Betty White and Rue McClanahan at an awards show in June 2008. Spokesman Dan Watt said that Arthur died Saturday morning at her home in Los Angeles...



